FSA. FCAT. FAST. It's not alphabet soup, but if you have a child in school, chances are you've heard of all the past and current statewide tests and you're in the middle of the Florida Assessment ...

Florida students in grades 3-8 improved their math scores this school year by 42 percentage points. Only 14% of students scored at or above grade level on their first test, but 56% scored at or ...

FAST Test: Florida students show improvements in standardized tests by Victoria De Cardenas Mon, July 1st 2024 at 5:47 PM Updated Mon, July 1st 2024 at 5:48 PM 3 ...

The new progress-monitoring assessment system replaced the previous Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) in March 2022, when Gov. Ron DeSantis signed FAST into law.

The 2023-2024 period was the second year that Florida students used the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking, or FAST, exams rather than the grade-level Florida Standards Assessments.

In some ways, it’s radically different. FAST stands for Florida Assessment of Student Thinking. Unlike the FSA, the FAST test is given three times a year between kindergarten and 10th grade.

Florida's students moved from the Florida Standards Assessment, or FSA, to the FAST this year. The new assessment tool is a three-pronged testing approach that educators say helps teachers zero in ...

On Thursday, the state released the results of the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking, the FAST test, which measures English skills from third through 10 th grade, and math skills from third ...