Adult Education students or students who received a Certificate of Completion (COC) from Pasco County Schools are always welcome to come back and take their state assessments through the District at their zoned school.  Adult Education or former COC students can participate in Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer testing windows.

REGISTERING FOR STATE TESTING

Follow the steps below to register for state testing: 

• Register for the assessment(s) by the deadline which is listed below.  If you fail to register by the noted deadline, you must wait until the next test administration.
  • Fall State Testing Registration Link - The Fall Testing Registration window has closed.
  • Winter State Testing Registration Link - The Winter Testing Registration window has closed.
  • Spring State Testing Registration Link – The Spring Testing Registration window has closed.
  • Summer Testing Testing Registration Link – The Summer Testing Registration window has closed. 
• After registering for the assessment, watch for the registration confirmation email. If you checked that you have a valid IEP or 504 or if you are an ELL student, the email will contain a link to a secure folder. 
• Upload your IEP, 504, or ELL documentation into the secure folder (if applicable).  You must upload the IEP, 504, or ELL documentation into the secure folder (if applicable) within one week of receiving the email.  
• Per the registration confirmation email, contact your zoned school’s assessment coordinator for the day and time that the assessment will be administered. Please note that a school may test anytime within the test window and the school will determine when you can come in to sit for the assessment. 

PREPARING FOR STATE TESTING 

All state assessments are offered in a computer-based format unless you have a valid IEP/504 plan stating that you must take a paper-based assessment.  To prepare for online testing, you are required to complete an online sample assessment.  This will allow you to become familiar with the layout and item types of the assessments.  The online sample assessments can be accessed by clicking HERE.  Paper sample assessments can be found on the Department of Education's Students & Families Portal. 

DAY OF STATE TESTING 

On the day of testing, you should arrive 15 minutes prior to the previously arranged testing time.  As a visitor on campus and to verify your identity for testing, you must be prepared to present one of the following proofs of identity on the day of testing: 

• School-issued photo ID 
• City/state/federal-issued photo ID (a Florida-issued photo ID can be purchased at a local branch of the Department of Motor Vehicles) 

You are not permitted to have access to any electronic devices (cell phones, smart watches, earbuds, etc.) during testing.  If you are found to be in possession of an electronic device while the test session is still open (even if the test-taker has submitted their own test), your test will be invalidated. 

You may not use any electronic device (including the computer) after your test is submitted until you are physically released from the test session. 

You are required to provide your own transportation to and from the testing site. 

If you show up at a school without completing the registration process or without a testing appointment, you will not be permitted to test.

AFTER TESTING 

You may access the results of your test usually within 24-48 hours of taking the test. Note that during the first week of a test window the state will be performing a system validation.  After that first week, scores will be released. 

To access the results, go the FDOE Family Portal. An access code will be sent with the testing registration confirmation email.   

QUESTIONS 

If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact: 

• Joy Salerno, District Assessment Coordinator, jsalerno@pasco.k12.fl.us