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College Level Academic
Skills Test (CLAST) | Eligibility for Taking the
CLAST | CLAST Exemption
Special Testing
Conditions for Students with Disabilities | CLAST
Appeals
Minimum CLAST Score
Standards for Each Subtest | Skills Tested by the
CLAST
College Level Academic
Skills Test (CLAST)
The state of Florida, through Florida
statutes and rules of the State Board of Education, requires all students in
Florida public community/junior colleges and universities to pass the
College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST) to be awarded the Associate in
Arts degree or to be admitted to upper division status,
unless exempted.
The CLAST measures the communication and
computation skills that are judged by state university and community college
faculty to be those skills that college students should have acquired by the
end of their sophomore year. Students must pass all 4 subtests to be
awarded an Associate in Arts degree or to be admitted to upper division
status in state universities in Florida. The CLAST requirements also apply
to students transferring to state universities in Florida from private
Florida colleges as well as from out-of-state colleges.
Students who are otherwise qualified for
admission to upper division status at a state university and who have
satisfied the minimum standards on only 3 of the 4 subtests of the
CLAST may enroll for an additional 36 credits in upper division courses in a
state university before passing all 4 subtests.
Eligibility for Taking the
CLAST
To be eligible to take the CLAST students
must successfully have completed at least 18 credit hours of
college-level courses. College preparatory credits do not count toward the
18 hours.
Students register to take the test during the
regular course schedule registration of the session in which the CLAST will
be taken.
CLAST Exemption
There are alternative ways to meet the CLAST
exit requirements for the Associate in Arts degree. Students who have 2.5
GPAs in appropriate courses may qualify for exemptions. Students who achieve
a score of 500 on the Verbal and/or Math portion of the SAT 1, or a 21 score
on the Enhanced Act in Mathematics, 21 on the English and/or 22 on the
Reading may be exempt from all or a portion of the CLAST. To determine if
you qualify for an exemption from CLAST, please contact the
counseling/advising department.
Special Testing Conditions
for Students with Disabilities
There are provisions for adaptations of test
materials and conditions so a student with a record of a physiological
disorder that substantially impairs visual, auditory, manual, or speaking
abilities or with a record of a learning disability can demonstrate
achievement of CLAST skills. Such students must notify the Institutional
Test Administrator at (727)341-4771 prior to the CLAST registration
deadline.
CLAST Appeals
Students with specific learning disabilities
or physiological disorders may appeal for special consideration. In
addition, students who have failed any subtest 4 times and who believe
they have demonstrated appropriate proficiency through coursework may appeal
for a waiver. All appeals go to the CLAST Appeals Committee.
Minimum CLAST Score
Standards for Each Subtest
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Effective October 1992 |
| Reading |
295 |
| English Language Skills |
295 |
| Math |
295 |
| Essay |
6 |
Skills Tested by the CLAST
(With Major SPC Courses That Contain the Skills)
Essay Skills | English
Language Skills | Reading Skills | Mathematics
Skills
| ESSAY SKILLS (ENC 1101, ENC 1102,
ENC 1121H, ENC 1122H, ENC 2210, ENC 2301) |
- Select a subject which lends itself to development
- Determine the purpose and audience for writing
- Limit a subject to requirements of time, purpose, and audience
- Formulate a thesis or main idea statement
- Provide adequate supporting details
- Arrange ideas and details in an organizational pattern
appropriate to the purpose and focus
- Provide relevant supporting material
- Write coherent prose with effective transition between parts
- Avoid slang, jargon, clichés, and pretentious expressions
- Use a variety of sentence patterns
- Avoid unnecessary use of passive construction
- Maintain consistent point of view
- Revise, edit, and proofread for clarity, consistency, and conformity
All of the skills tested on the English language
skills subtest are also evaluated on the essay subtest.
Word Choice Skills
- Use words which convey the meaning required by context
- Avoid wordiness
Sentence Structure Skills
- Place modifiers correctly
- Coordinate and subordinate sentence elements effectively
- Use parallel expressions for parallel ideas
- Avoid fragments, comma splices, and fused sentences
Grammar, Spelling, Capitalization, and Punctuation Skills
- Use standard verb forms
- Maintain agreement between subject and verb
- Maintain agreement between pronoun and antecedent
- Use proper case forms
- Use adjectives and adverbs correctly
- Avoid inappropriate shifts in verb tense
- Make logical comparisons
- Use standard spelling, punctuation, and capitalization
Literal Comprehension
- Recognize main ideas
- Identify supporting details
- Determine meaning of words in context
Critical Comprehension
- Recognize author's purpose
- Identify organizational pattern
- Distinguish between fact and opinion
- Detect bias
- Recognize author's tone
- Recognize relationships within sentences
- Recognize relationships between sentences
- Recognize valid arguments
- Draw inferences and conclusions
Arithmetic Skills
- Add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers in fractional form
- Add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers in decimal form
- Solve the sentence 'a% of b is c,' where values for two of the variables are given
- Calculate percent increase and percent decrease
- Recognize the meaning of exponents
- Recognize the role of the base number in determining place value in the base ten numeration system
- Identify equivalent forms of decimals, percents, and fractions
- Determine the order relation between real numbers
- Identify a reasonable estimate of a sum, average, or product of numbers
- Infer relations between numbers in general by examining particular number pairs
- Solve real-world problems which do not involve the use of percent
- Solve real-world problems which involve the use of percent
- Solve problems that involve the structure and logic of arithmetic
Geometry and Measurement Skills
- Round measurements
- Calculate distance, areas, and volumes
- Identify relationships between angle measures
- Classify simple plane figures by recognizing their properties
- Recognize similar triangles and their properties
- Identify appropriate units of measurement (linear, square, cubic) for geometric objects
- Infer formulas for measuring geometric figures
- Select applicable formulas for computing measures of geometric figures
- Solve real-world problems involving perimeters, areas, and volumes of geometric figures
- Solve real-world problems involving the Pythagorean property
Algebra Skills
- Add, subtract, multiply, and divide real numbers
- Apply the order-of-operations agreement to numerical and algebraic expressions
- Use scientific notation
- Solve linear equations and inequalities
- Use formulas to compute results
- Find particular values of a function
- Factor a quadratic expression
- Find the roots of a quadratic equation
- Solve a system of two linear equations in two unknowns
- Use properties of operations correctly
- Determine whether a particular number is
among the solutions of a given equation or inequality
- Recognize statements and conditions of proportionality and variation
- Identify regions of the coordinate plane
which correspond to specific conditions and vice versa
- Use applicable properties to select equivalent equations and inequalities
- Solve real-world problems involving the use of variables
- Solve problems that involve the structure and logic of algebra
Statistics Skills, Including Probability
- Identify information contained in bar, line, and circle graphs
- Determine the mean, median, and mode of a set of numbers
- Use the fundamental counting principle
- Recognize properties and interrelationships among the mean, median, and mode
- Choose the most appropriate procedures for selecting an unbiased sample
- Identify the probability of a specified outcome
- Infer relations and make accurate predictions from studying statistical data
- Interpret real-world data involving frequency and cumulative frequency tables
- Solve real-world problems involving probabilities
Logical Reasoning Skills
- Deduce facts of set inclusion or set non-inclusion from a diagram
- Identify statements equivalent to the negations of simple and compound statements
- Determine equivalence or nonequivalence of statements
- Draw logical conclusions from data
- Recognize invalid arguments with true conclusions
- Recognize valid reasoning patterns of valid arguments in everyday language
- Select applicable rules for transforming statements without affecting their meaning
- Draw logical conclusions when facts warrant them
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