The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) requires students applying to the Daytona State Law Enforcement Recruit Training or Correctional Officer Recruit Training programs to successfully complete a Basic Abilities Test.
Additional information may be found on their website.
Daytona State offers the state approved Criminal Justice-Basic Abilities Test (CJ-BAT).The CJ-BAT is a computerized test that is 2 ½ hours.The CJ-BAT is administered on all of our campuses.
The CJ-BAT measures the following 16 abilities:
- Deductive Reasoning
- Perceptual Speed
- Inductive Reasoning
- Problem Sensitivity
- Flexibility of Closure
- Selective Attention
- Speed of Closure
- Spacial Orientation
- Information Ordering
- Time Sharing
- Memorization
- Visualization
- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
For registration information and testing schedules, please contact Assessment Services at:
- (386) 506-3067 (Daytona)
- (386) 785-2029 (Deland)
- (386) 789-7307 (Deltona)
- (386) 246-4844 (Flagler)
- (386) 423-6328 (New Smyrna)
The fee for the CJ-BAT is $40.00
Assessment Services is responsible for monitoring test sessions. Daytona State College does not tolerate cheating nor disruptive behavior. If an examinee is suspected of cheating, testing will be stopped and the examinee will be asked to leave the area. The test may be voided. The incident will be reported to college officials and disciplinary action may be taken.
More information on the CJ-BAT can be found here
