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Florida Department of Education

FTCE General Knowledge - full exam prep

950questions in the bank
5timed mock exams
3 of 3syllabus topics covered

No account needed for the diagnostic. Four minutes.

What is published about passing

No pass rate is published for this exam.

Each subtest of the General Knowledge Test is passed on its own against a scaled score of 200. The Florida Department of Education publishes what that is worth as a percentage of correct answers: 63% for English Language Skills, 70% for Reading, 63% for Mathematics. Those are maximums - a harder form of a subtest may require slightly fewer correct answers. The Essay is scored by two independent raters whose scores are added, and Rule 6A-4.0021 sets the passing total at 6. We teach the Essay in a chapter of its own and we do not mark essays: our questions and scores cover the three multiple-choice subtests. If you fail one subtest you retake only that subtest.

Scoring
Passed subtest by subtest against a scaled score of 200. The state publishes what that is worth: at most 63% correct for English Language Skills, at most 70% for Reading, at most 63% for Mathematics.
Format
Four subtests, registered and passed separately: an essay, English Language Skills (30 questions), Reading (30 questions) and Mathematics (35 questions). Delivered at a Pearson test center.
Sittings
On demand. Book any open Pearson appointment, and take the subtests in any combination you like.
Results
Multiple-choice subtests are scored immediately; the essay is rated by two people and takes about four weeks.
Valid for
A passing subtest score does not expire. You keep it and retake only what you failed.
Questions
95 multiple choice
Time
195 minutes
Languages
English
Fee
USD 32.50 per subtest - USD 130 for all four
Register
Registration link Register on the FTCE/FELE registration site, run by Pearson for the Florida Department of Education.

What you get

USD 79 for 12 months. Six parts, and every one of them built against this syllabus rather than adapted from another exam.

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The syllabus, taught

Every examinable topic written out in the order it is examined, with each rule cited to the provision it comes from. Not a summary of a textbook - the syllabus itself, covered end to end.

475

Questions to drill

Filtered to the topic you are reading, so practice reinforces the lesson instead of testing something you have not reached yet.

5

Full mock papers

95 questions each, 195 minutes, scored the way the exam scores it. Their 475 questions never appear in practice, so a mock score measures you rather than your memory of practising.

950

Worked review notes

Every question explains itself: why the right answer is right, why each wrong answer tempts people, and the source that settles it. Three are shown in full in the mock-paper previews below.

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Soft copies to print

The study guide and every mock paper as a PDF, typeset for paper, so you can sit a mock with a pen the way you will sit the real one.

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A plan built round your date

Tell us when you sit and the study plan, the readiness score, the weak-topic ordering and every reminder are worked back from it.

Soft copies, yours to print

6 PDFs, typeset for paper rather than exported from a screen. Open any of them to read the opening pages before you buy.

Every topic, and how heavily it is examined All 3 covered, with each topic's share of the 95 questions on the real paper
  1. 1

    English Language Skills

    Knowledge of language structure · Knowledge of vocabulary application · Knowledge of standard English conventions

    30 q
  2. 2

    Reading

    Knowledge of key ideas and details based on text selections · Knowledge of craft and structure based on text selections · Knowledge of the integration of information and ideas based on text selections

    30 q
  3. 3

    Mathematics

    Knowledge of number sense, concepts, and operations · Knowledge of geometry and measurement · Knowledge of algebraic thinking and the coordinate plane · Knowledge of probability, statistics, and data interpretation

    35 q

Try it before you decide

1

Ten-question diagnostic

Free, no account. Score and per-topic breakdown at the end.

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One full mock, free

95 questions, 195 minutes, scored the way the exam scores it.

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Before you buy

Is this everything I need, or do I still need the official material?

The whole examinable syllabus is taught here across 3 topics, and every one of the 950 questions is written against it. We are independent of Florida Department of Education and this is not their publication - if they require you to hold an official study guide, hold it. What this replaces is the second and third thing you would otherwise buy: a question bank, and something to explain the answers.

Where do the answers come from?

Every explanation names the provision it rests on and quotes it where quoting is allowed, so you can go and read the rule. Where we have not been able to put the underlying text in front of you, the page says so rather than implying a source it does not have.

How long will I need?

Our estimate for this paper is about 42 hours - 1 hour a day for 6 weeks. That is our figure and not Florida Department of Education's. Tell us your exam date when you start and the plan, the reminders and the readiness score are all worked back from it.

Can I see it before I pay?

Yes, and without an account: a 10-question diagnostic that scores you by topic, one full 95-question mock paper, and the opening pages of every PDF. What you pay for is the explanations, the lessons and the other 4 papers.

What happens if I fail?

Your access runs 12 months, which covers a resit; Florida Department of Education charges USD 32.50 per subtest, after 30 days for one. The final-review screen orders what you got wrong by what each mistake costs on the paper, which is where a second attempt should start.

Can I get a refund?

Full refund within 7 days if no more than 20% of paid lessons and practice are used, no paid study guide is downloaded, and no more than one paid mock is started.

FTCE General Knowledge · USD 79 for 12 months
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