DCPS Home Education and Private School Students

Registration Information for State Assessments 2024-2025

Please read through all the following information carefully.

Registration:

Students must be registered appropriately with the Duval County Public Schools Home Education Office or be enrolled in a Duval County private school.
If enrolled in Home Education, the grade on your registration form must match the grade in Focus.
Private school students and students on an Empowerment Scholarship should be registered for state testing by their private school.
The registration form must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. by the deadlines indicated below in red.
Families will receive an email approximately two weeks prior to the testing window indicating where your child will test, along with the testing date and time. This email will be sent to the email address listed when registering

Testing Locations:

We provide two testing locations based on zip code: R.L. Brown Elementary and the Schultz Center. Students living in the north and west part of Duval County will test at R.L. Brown Elementary. Students living in the south and east part of Duval County will test at the Schultz Center. At times, we schedule students at the Parent Resource Center.
- R. L. Brown Elementary School, 1535 Milnor Street, Jacksonville, 32206
- Schultz Center, 4019 Boulevard Center Drive, Jacksonville, 32207
- Parent Resource Center, 4037 Boulevard Center Drive, 2nd Floor, Jacksonville, 32207
We do not schedule Home Education or Private School students for testing at zoned schools.

While at the Testing Location:

At check-in, each student must provide a student ID that includes his/her full name and a recent photograph. Acceptable forms of ID are passports, military IDs, school IDs, state issued IDs, or a completed Assessment Services Student Identification form. The Assessment Services Student Identification form. You will also receive a link to this form in the State Testing Information email you will receive two weeks prior to the start of the testing window. This email will include your exact testing date, time and location.
Students must adhere to the DCPS dress code while at the testing site.
Handheld calculators are not permitted, except for students who have this accommodation on their IEP or 504 Plan. Students taking assessments that allow a calculator will use the online calculator provided within the testing platform.
- Please click here to practice using the 4-Function calculator.
- Please click here to practice using the Scientific calculator.
All electronics must be turned off prior to testing or the student's test may be invalidated. Students are not allowed to have cell phones, smartwatches, or any other device that can access the internet while testing.

Scores:

Students, parents, and guardians can access scores through the Family Portal 24-48 hours after a student completes testing. You will need your student's first name, birthday and unique access code to log into the Family Portal. This unique access code can be found in your Parent FOCUS account on the State Tests tab.
B.E.S.T. Writing scores will load into the Family Portal on or before June 30th.
Unique access codes will be sent to private schools by the end of the testing window to the email address provided when registering. Private school students will receive their unique access code from their private school.
Scores will be loaded to FOCUS when the official score file is received from the State. This is usually 4-8 weeks after the testing window ends.
Scores are not provided over the phone or via email from the Testing Office.
Click here to access the Family Portal.

Consent to Receive School Health Services Form:

All students testing on Duval County Public School campuses will need to have a completed Emergency Contact Information, Authorization for Release of Student from School and Consent to Receive School Health Services form on file in order to receive any care and/or treatment for illness, injury and/or emergency care.
You will also recieve a link to this form in the State Testing Information email you will receive two weeks prior to the start of the testing window.
Please bring the completed consent form with you to check-in. A DCPS employee will collect it and keep it on file. Only one form is needed for each school year and will cover all testing windows for the 2024-2025 school year. Families with multiple children testing will need to complete a form for each child. Do not email any completed forms to the State Testing Office as it contains confidential information and will be deleted.
If you require this form in any language other than English, please email DAT at DAT@duvalschools.org

Please contact the Data and Assessment office at 904-390-2678 if you have any questions.

Fall Assessments

The fall assessment window is September 9 - October 4, 2024.

The deadline to register for fall testing is Friday, August 16, 2024.

Assessments available include:

B.E.S.T. Algebra 1 EOC (Students currently enrolled in the year-long B.E.S.T. Algebra 1 EOC course for the 2024-2025 school year will test in May.)
B.E.S.T. Geometry EOC (Students currently enrolled in the year-long B.E.S.T. Geometry EOC course for the 2024-2025 school year will test in May.)
Biology EOC (Students currently enrolled in the year-long Biology EOC course for the 2024-2025 school year will test in May.)
Civics EOC (middle school students only) (Students currently enrolled in the year-long Civics EOC course for the 2024-2025 school year will test in May.)
U.S. History EOC (high school students only) (Students currently enrolled in the year-long U.S. History EOC course for the 2024-2025 school year will test in May.)
FAST Grade 10 ELA Reading Retake

Winter Assessments

The winter assessment window is December 2 - 20, 2024.

The deadline to register for winter testing is Friday, November 1, 2024.

Assessments available include:

B.E.S.T. Algebra 1 EOC (Students currently enrolled in the year-long B.E.S.T. Algebra 1 EOC course for the 2024-2025 school year will test in May.)
B.E.S.T. Geometry EOC (Students currently enrolled in the year-long B.E.S.T. Geometry EOC course for the 2024-2025 school year will test in May.)
Biology EOC (Students currently enrolled in the year-long Biology EOC course for the 2024-2025 school year will test in May.)
Civics EOC (middle school students only) (Students currently enrolled in the year-long Civics EOC course for the 2024-2025 school year will test in May.)
U.S. History EOC (high school students only) (Students currently enrolled in the year-long U.S. History EOC course for the 2024-2025 school year will test in May.)
Florida Civic Literacy Exam (high school U.S. Government students only)
FAST Grade 10 ELA Reading Retake

Spring Assessments

The B.E.S.T. Writing Assessment window is March 31 - April 11, 2025. All other spring assessments will be administered May 1 - 29, 2025.

The deadline to register for spring testing is Friday, February 28, 2025.

Assessments available include:

Summer Assessments

The summer assessment window is July 14 - 25, 2025.

The deadline to register for summer testing is Friday, June 20, 2025.

Assessments available include:

Please click here to register for state assessments.