FTCE Elementary Education K-6 (060) Complete Study Guide
Review of All Four Subtests, Updated for the January 2027 Reading Competencies, with Full-Length Practice Tests
What is inside
- 1,533 practice questions, explained choice by choice, so you see why one answer works and the other three fail
- Three full-length practice tests of 175 questions, weighted like the real subtests
- A 60-question diagnostic test that shows which chapters to study first
- All 145 skills in Florida's four subtests, with a Tag Finder that leads from any question to its chapter
- Study plans, the math reference sheet worked through, a glossary, answer grids for every test, and pages to track scores and log misses
For the 2027–2028 testing year: the FTCE Elementary Education K-6 (060) review, written to Florida's new reading competencies.
On January 1, 2027, the Language Arts and Reading subtest begins to follow the Twenty-Ninth Edition of Florida's competencies. The new edition names Adams' four-processor model, orthographic mapping, Ehri's phases, decodable text, encoding, and reciprocal teaching, and it drops informal reading inventories as an example. This book teaches all of it, and Chapter 2 sets the old and new wording side by side so you know what moved. The Social Science, Science, and Mathematics subtests did not change, and they are covered in full too.
How the test works. There are four subtests, and you must reach a scaled score of 200 on each one: Language Arts and Reading (50 questions, 65 minutes), Social Science (45 questions, 65 minutes), Science (45 questions, 70 minutes), and Mathematics (35 questions, 70 minutes, with an on-screen four-function calculator and a reference sheet). You can take them together or in any combination, and you retake only the ones you haven't passed. Chapter 1 prints the official share of each competency and the percent of questions you need right on each subtest, so you can set a target before you start.
What is inside
- 1,533 practice questions, each explained: why the right answer works and why each wrong answer fails
- Three full-length practice tests of 175 questions, built to the live competency shares, with one timed section per subtest
- A 60-question diagnostic test that tells you which chapters to read first
- 78 review chapters covering all 145 skills, each ending with practice questions tagged to Florida's skills, plus a Tag Finder that leads from any missed question back to its chapter
- Florida content where the test asks for it: the state's reading rule, its history from the Timucua to the space program, its government, and its weather and ecosystems
- Math explained for teaching: student errors, models, procedural reliability and fluency, and how to use the reference sheet on test day
- Review tools: study plans from 12 weeks for all four subtests down to 2 weeks for a retake, a one-page quick reference, a list of easily confused terms, a glossary, answer grids for every test, and pages for tracking your scores and logging the questions you miss
Written for teachers. Most questions ask what a teacher should do with a real class, not just what a word means. The explanations read like a tutor talking you through each choice.
Checked at the source. Subtest lengths, timing, the passing score, fees, retake rules, and the January 2027 change were read in November 2026 from the Florida Department of Education's FTCE pages, Pearson's test page, Rule 6A-4.0021, and the Twenty-Eighth and Twenty-Ninth Editions of the competencies. Rules change, so check the FTCE site before you register.
Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Florida Department of Education or its contractor. The Florida Teacher Certification Examinations (FTCE) are a program of the Florida Department of Education, which does not sponsor or endorse this product.
