FCAT PASSING = 410 VERBAL, 370 MATH, 780 COMBINED

["Arthur Hu" <arthurhu@comcast.net>]

OK, folks, I did find the SAT equivalence study. While 780
won't get you into the best 4 yr state universities, it certainly
won't keep you out of any 2 year community college or the lower 
end of the 4 year institutions, especially if you are a "diversity"
category, or athlete. What would happen if the College Board were
to establish a 780 as a cut score below which you would not be
eligible to attend any college? The pre-1996 chart would put 
the math at the 34th percentile.

Anybody got the data to say what schools are at 780?


National - All Races before recentering

        Percentile
        Verb    Math
        Pct     Pct     Comb    Comb %  Comb pc
750-800   100.0%  100.0%  17,261    0.8%  100.0%    1500
700 -740   99.9%   98.5%  55,846    2.6%   99.2%    1400
650 -690   98.8%   94.4%  98,744    4.6%   96.6%    1300
600 -640   96.3%   87.6% 146,022    6.8%   92.0%    1200
550 -590   91.7%   78.5% 190,070    8.9%   85.1%    1100
500 -540   84.0%   68.4% 249,136   11.7%   76.2%    1000
450-490    73.5%   55.6% 305,443   14.3%   64.6%     900
400-440    58.2%   42.3% 341,427   16.0%   50.3%     800
350 -390   40.2%   28.4% 300,146   14.1%   34.3%     700
300 -340   24.4%   16.0% 244,438   11.4%   20.2%     600
250 -290   12.0%    5.5% 125,335    5.9%    8.8%     500
200-240     4.8%    1.1%  62,118    2.9%    2.9%     400

FCAT PASSING SCORE = 410 VERBAL, 370 MATH, 780 COMBINED 
http://www.firn.edu/doe/opri/pdf/cstdoc.pdf
http://www.arthurhu.com/2004/02/fcatconc.htm
The FCAT tenth grade passing score approved by the State Board of
Education is 300.

Concordant Scores - FCAT and Other National Tests
Reading Scores Math Scores
FCAT Reading SAT Verbal FCAT Math SAT Math
300-303      410        300-303 370
285-288      370        292-295 350
FCAT Reading ACT Reading FCAT Math ACT Math
292-300      15          286-301 15
285-291      14
FCAT Reading PSAT Verbal FACT Math PSAT Math
296-300 37 297-302 34
284-289 34 292-296 33
FCAT Reading PLAN Reading FCAT Math PLAN Math
293-304 14 299-313 15
282-292 13 285-298 14

Concordance Studies Between the FCAT and Other Standardized Tests
Concordance Between the FCAT Math and SAT Math Scores
Based on Students Who Took Both Tests
2000-2001
(N=71,118)

SAT Math FCAT Math SAT Math FCAT Math
Scores S c o r e s S c o r e s Scores
760-800 500 450 330-332
750 449-499 440 326-329
740 441-448 430 322-325
730 433-440 420 319-321
720 425-432 410 314-318
710 415-424 400 312-313
700 410-414 390 308-311
690 405-409 380 304-307
680 401-404 370 300-303
670 396-400 360 296-299
660 393-395 350 292-295
650 389-392 340 288-291
640 386-388 330 283-287
630 383-385 320 279-282
620 380-382 310 274-278
610 377-379 300 270-273
600 374-376 290 267-269
590 372-373 280 260-266
580 369-371 270 258-259
570 366-368 260 251-257
560 364-365 250 245-250
550 360-363 240 242-244
540 358-359 230 236-241
530 355-357 220 233-235
520 352-354 210 227-232
510 349-351 200 100-226
500 346-348
490 343-345
480 339-342
470 336-338
460 333-335