Who creates the questions on the FCAT?
More than 700 hundred people, including teachers, parents, testing experts and education professionals, create, review and approve the questions. As part of the review of questions, any one person can eliminate a question from being used on the FCAT if the question does not meet the criteria below. Questions are rigorously reviewed in five areas: •Standards: questions must be aligned to the Sunshine State State Standards. •Content: questions must be appropriate for the grade level. •Expert: questions and answers must be accurate. •Bias: questions must be free of information that would put a particular group at a disadvantage. •Sensitivity: questions must be free of issues that may be considered inappropriate by parents and other citizens.
