Northwest Florida's
Private School for Home Educated Students Grades K-12

 

ACHIEVEMENT TESTING


Yearly Testing Required
Academic testing is required every year for high school students in their freshmen and sophomore years.  This would include, but is not limited to, the Stanford , Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS
® & ITED®) and CAT. Achievement tests are administered for several reasons and purposes: to monitor academic progress from year to year, to diagnose any learning gaps that may occur from a curricula, and to verify test results in comparison with GPA. Any new students who have not been formally tested in the past two years will be required to be tested. 

Testing by CIAS Administration is administered every April.  Contact the school office for testing sources and facilities.


Seniors
Graduating seniors must score in the 50th percentile and in the 5th national stanine on the Level 16/Grade 10 achievement test in order to receive their regular academic diploma to graduate. 

ACT and SAT
Each
graduating seniors in the Academic Diploma Program or the College Preparatory Diploma Program is required to take at least one SAT and ACT before graduating from CIAS. We encourage our students to take either of these tests as many times as you need to improve your score. Remember: these tests can be taken an unlimited number of times.

The SAT
http://www.collegeboard.org

The ACT
 
http://www.actstudent.org

ACT & SAT Payment Vouchers
CIAS receives a limited number of free payment vouchers from each of these test companies to give to needy students; validation of documentation of family income is required.

PERT
The PERT (Florida Entry Level Placement, the Common Placement Test) is the admissions exam to dual enroll or enter Pensacola State College.

The PERT
http://pensacolastate.edu/students/services/testPert.asp

TABE
All students seeking to enter a vocational certification program while dual enrolled in high school will be required to take a TABE (Test of Adult Basic Education).


I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
III John 4



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