What kinds of answers must students provide on the FCAT?
All grade-level FCAT assessments have multiple-choice questions, but at some grade levels, students also must provide written answers and complete number grids. Students at Grades 4, 5, 8, 10, and 11 must provide written answers that show how well they understand the skill tested and are much like the type of work they typically do in school. Student answers to these questions also provide the school and district information about their instructional programs. Questions that require written answers are more costly and take longer to score. Thats why only one test in each grade range (elementary, middle, and high school) and each subject area (reading, writing, mathematics, and science) includes these types of test questions. For some questions in mathematics and science, students in grades 5 through 11 are asked to find numerical answers and then bubble the answer into a number grid. More information and examples of all types of FCAT questions, the amount of time allocated to each type
