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Why the published pass rates flatter this test, and where the time actually goes.

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Is the FTCE General Knowledge Test hard?Hard in a specific way. No single subtest is brutal, with first-attempt pass rates running 64% to 78%, but you have to pass all four to pass the test.…
FTCE General Knowledge pass rates, subtest by subtestFirst-attempt pass rates in 2025 were 64% essay, 68% English Language Skills, 78% Reading and 71% Mathematics. Best-attempt rates were 79%, 83%, 86% a…
FTCE General Knowledge: The Real First-Time Pass RateFLDOE publishes a first-attempt pass rate for each subtest: 64% essay, 68% English Language Skills, 78% Reading, 71% Mathematics. You have to pass all…
The hardest subtest is not the one you thinkThe essay. It has the lowest first-attempt pass rate of the four subtests at 64%, against 71% for Mathematics, 68% for English Language Skills and 78%…
FTCE English Language Skills vs Reading Pass RatesEnglish Language Skills passes 68% of first-time candidates and Reading passes 78%, a ten-point gap. English Language Skills also has the easier pass …
How Many Hours to Study for the FTCE General KnowledgeNobody publishes a figure and we are not going to invent one. What is published is the shape of the work: ten competencies and 57 skills across three …
34,252 sittings, 10,120 peopleIn 2025 the Florida Department of Education recorded 34,252 General Knowledge subtest administrations from 10,120 unique examinees. That is 3.38 sitti…
FTCE Retake Rate: 37.2% Come Back for a Subtest37.2% of General Knowledge candidates retook at least one subtest in 2025: 3,760 people, 8,717 retake administrations, 25.4% of all sittings. Plan for…
Failing one subtest is the normal outcomeAdd FLDOE's four published fail rates together and the average candidate fails a little over one subtest at the first attempt. That arithmetic is ours…
The FTCE General Knowledge Test for Career ChangersYou will almost certainly have to sit it. Rule 6A-4.0021(12) only accepts GRE scores from 1 July 2015 onward and SAT, ACT or CLT scores from 1 March 2…