Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Soffer, Marie Eileen
URN	etd-05292008-145716
Title	Elementary Students' Test Anxiety in Relation to the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT).
Degree	Master of Science
Department	Family and Child Sciences, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Ann Mullis, PhD Committee Chair Jayne Standley, PhD Committee Member Ron Mullis, PhD Committee Member
Keywords	FCAT test anxiety Elementary students
Date of Defense	2008-05-14
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This study is designed to determine if elementary students experience test anxiety in relation to the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). Forty-eight students were recruited from one 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classroom at a high performing elementary school in the Leon County Public School System. The pre-test anxiety measure, the Children’s Test Anxiety Scale (CTAS), was given two weeks prior to the administration of the FCAT. The CTAS asks students how they feel when thinking about tests and measures three forms of anxiety responses relating to the student’s thoughts, autonomic responses, and off-task behaviors. The students were also given a post-test the week after the FCAT with questions about how they felt when taking the FCAT and used the same three forms of anxiety responses included on the CTAS. Results were compared by pre/post FCAT administration, grade, race, and gender.
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