South Miami Senior High School Testing Schedule

South Miami Senior High Testing

Testing Coordinator: Anthony Balboa

AP Coordinator: Christina Alvarez

Use the links below to find information about various standardized academic tests.

M-DCPS 2008-09 Testing Calendar

Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test

Florida Department of Education FCAT Home Page
http://www.firn.edu/doe/sas/fcat.htm

Test Registration

Register for the Official SAT Online Course
Go to www.collegeboard.com/satonlinecourseschool and in the "Students" box click "Register Now," then enter your school code and sign in with your account or create a new one. If you do not have the school code, please visit the CAP counselors' office to receive an online course student registration card, which displays the school code.

SAT Online Registration
http://www.collegeboard.org/sat/html/satform.html

ACT Online Registration
http://www.act.org/aap/index.html

2008-2009 Testing Calendar

The calendar will be updated periodically as additional information is obtained about the District, state, national, and international tests administered to the students in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.

SCHOOL WIDE TESTING

DATE	DESCRIPTION	PARTICIPANTS
October 6-13	Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) Retake Reading and Mathematics	Grades 10-12, as needed
October 15	College Board Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT)	Grade 10
October 15		Grade 11, optional
February 10-13	Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) Writing+	Grades 4, 8, & 10
March 10-23	Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) Sunshine State Standards Reading and Mathematics	Grades 9-10
	Science	Grade 11
	Retake	Grades 10-12,** as needed
	Norm-Referenced Test (NRT) **** Reading & Mathematics	Grades 9-10
April 20 May 22 (Tentative)	Comprehensive English Language Learning Assessment (CELLA)	Grades 9-12, all current ELLs and selected former ELLs
May 4-15	Advanced Placement Examinations (AP Exams) See AP Schedule Below*	Grades 9-12, enrolled, registered only
June 22-26	Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test Retake Reading and Mathematics (FCAT)	Grade 12, as needed

COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS NATIONALLY OFFERED FOR INTERESTED, REGISTERED STUDENTS
SAT and SAT Subject Tests	ACT Test
October 4, 2008	September 13, 2008
November 1, 2008	October 25, 2008
December 6, 2008	December 13, 2008
January 24, 2009	February 7, 2009
March 14,2009 (Sat Only)	April 4, 2009
May 2, 2009	June 13, 2009
June 6, 2009

ADVANCE PLACEMENT EXAMINATIONS NATIONALLY OFFERED FOR REGISTERED STUDENTS
DATE	Morning Session	Afternoon Session
Monday, May 5	Government and Politics: United States	Government and Politics: Comparative French Language
Tuesday, May 6	Computer Science A Computer Science AB Spanish Language**	Statistics
Wednesday, May 7	Calculus AB Calculus BC	Chinese Language and Culture
Thursday, May 8	English Literature German Language	Japanese Language and Culture French Literature
Friday, May 9	United States History	European History Studio Art (portfolios due)
Monday, May 12	Biology Music Theory	Physics B Physics C: Mechanics
Tuesday, May 13	Environmental Science Chemistry	Psychology
Wednesday, May 14	Italian Language and Culture English Language	Art History
Thursday, May 15	Macroeconomics World History	Microeconomics
Friday, May 16	Human Geography Spanish Literature	Latin Literature Latin: Vergil