Calculate the student's score on the multiple choice section of the test. In this section, students must answer multiple choice questions and bubble in one of four answer choices on their scantron.
Calculate the student's score on the gridded response questions. In this section, students also complete their answers onto a scantron that is electronically graded. If the student gets a question asking for the square root of 144 and the answer is twelve, then the student must bubble in a one and then a two on his answer sheet.
Calculate the student's essay score. The examiner's hand score the Writing Plus portion of the exam. The scoring is on a point scale from six to one with six being the highest possible score on this section.
Add the student's totals for each category together. Examiner's evaluate Math, Science and Reading on a point scale between 100 and 500. Student's also receive developmental scores in Reading and Mathematics from 0 to 3,000, which show the student's annual improvement. The required scores vary based on grade level.
In order to graduate from high school, tenth grade students must achieve a 1926 on the scaled developmental score or above in FCAT Reading and a scaled developmental score of 1889 or above to pass FCAT Mathematics. Third grad students must achieve a 2 or higher on FCAT Reading out of 5 to move on to fourth grade.