Pert Info

The Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (P.E.R.T.) is Florida-s customized common placement test. The purpose of the P.E.R.T. is to determine accurate course placement based on the student-s skills and abilities. The P.E.R.T. is aligned with the Postsecondary Readiness Competencies identified by Florida faculty as necessary for success in entry-level college credit coursework. The P.E.R.T. assessment system includes Placement and Diagnostic tests in mathematics, reading and writing.

The (P.E.R.T.) Placement is administered to students in public high schools and Florida College System institutions to determine readiness for Intermediate Algebra, MAT 1033, and Freshman Composition I, ENC 1101. The P.E.R.T.assessment is a computer adaptive test (C.A.T.) with 25 operational items that will be the basis of the student-s placement score and five (5) field test items which are designed to continuously enhance the operational test bank.

Based on recent legislation, a student who entered 9th grade in a Florida public school in the 2003-04 school year or after, and earned a Florida standard high school diploma or a student who is serving as an active duty member of any branch of the US Armed Services are not required to take the common placement test and are not be required to enroll in developmental education instruction in a Florida College System institution.

These students may enroll in developmental educational courses, but are not required to do so.

Students who are placed into developmental education have an opportunity to take the (P.E.R.T.) Diagnostic to identify specific deficiencies. There are two linear Diagnostic tests for each subject area - one for lower level developmental education and another for upper level.

State Board Rule 6A-10.0315, establishes the test scores used to determine whether a student is ready for college level coursework. If a student does not meet the state established cut score, this indicates that additional preparation may be necessary before entering college level courses. For those who do not meet the state established cut score, the score is an indicator that additional preparation is necessary before entering college level courses. For high school students who do not meet the college-ready cut score on the P.E.R.T., the high school must offer those students postsecondary preparatory instruction.

The scaled scores on the P.E.R.T. Placement range from 50-150. The current course placement score ranges for the (P.E.R.T.) are:

* 114 is the college-ready cut score for mathematics.

* 106 is the college-ready cut score for reading.

* 103 is the college-ready cut score for writing.

Additional College-Ready Measures Approved by the State Board of Education