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The FCAT Explorer is a free, educational Web site that provides innovative practice programs and instructional support tools to strengthen the skills students need for success on the FCAT, in the classroom, and in life. Practice programs on the FCAT Explorer Web site are produced by the Florida Department of Education. The programs currently available include

Galactic Library: 3^rd Grade Reading Benchmarks
Reading Odyssey: 4^th Grade Reading Benchmarks
Reading Island: 6^th Grade Reading
Interactive Library: 8^th Grade Reading
Reading Timeline: 10^th Grade Reading Benchmarks
Math Station: 5^th Grade Math Benchmarks
Math Navigator: 8^th Grade Math Benchmarks
Math Timeline: 10^th Grade Math Benchmarks

Like the FCAT, the FCAT Explorer is based on the curriculum outlined in Florida's Sunshine State Standards. Each program is developed in partnership with successful teachers, education specialists, instructional designers and testing professionals. In addition to completing FCAT-like practice activities, students receive targeted Learning Guidance to help reinforce and improve their skills. Pilot tests in classrooms throughout Florida have proven the programs effective at capturing and holding students' interest with a lively use of color, graphics, and proven motivational strategies.

As a learning tool, the FCAT Explorer can be used in the classroom, at home, or at the library - wherever there is a computer with Internet access. The FCAT Explorer is free and available to all public school students, their parents or guardians, their mentors, and their teachers.

A school-provided sign-in name and password are required to access the student materials, but some opportunities to review and use student materials are available within the Parent and Family Guide. Access to the materials in the Parent and Family Guide does not require the use of a sign-in name and password.