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Florida Assessment of Student Thinking
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Phase 1: Progress Monitoring Baseline & Diagnostics (PM1)You are here
Analyze fall PM1 baseline scale scores and diagnostic reporting category percentiles to identify foundational strengths and deficits across ELA Reading and B.E.S.T. Mathematics.
Phase 2: ELA Reading Foundations & Text Analysis
Master literary prose and poetry analysis, informational text organizational structures, central ideas, and comparative rhetoric across genres aligned to Florida B.E.S.T. benchmarks.
Phase 3: B.E.S.T. Mathematics Conceptual & Procedural Fluency
Target number sense operations, fractions, rational numbers, algebraic expressions, geometric reasoning, and data analysis probability corresponding to your specific tested grade level.
Phase 4: Mid-Year Check & Targeted Remediation (PM2)
Evaluate winter PM2 growth, remediate persistent category gaps, and practice with technology-enhanced item formats including multi-select, hot text, and equation editors.
Phase 5: Summative Mastery & Final PM3 Simulation
Complete full-length computer-adaptive practice sets, simulate timed test-window pacing, and consolidate test-taking strategies for spring PM3 accountability scores.
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What You'll Study
10 chapters covering the exam topics in this guide
Exam Structure, Progress Monitoring & Scoring
3 sections
ELA Reading: Prose, Poetry & Literary Analysis
4 sections
ELA Reading: Informational Text & Rhetoric
4 sections
ELA Reading: Across Genres & Vocabulary
5 sections
Mathematics: Whole Numbers, Fractions & Decimals
6 sections
Mathematics: Rational Numbers, Integers & Exponents
6 sections
Mathematics: Algebraic Reasoning, Expressions & Equations
5 sections
Mathematics: Geometric Reasoning & Coordinate Geometry
6 sections
Mathematics: Data Analysis, Statistics & Probability
5 sections
FAST Test-Taking Strategies, Item Types & Preparation
4 sections
FAST Exam Details
Florida Assessment of Student Thinking
Administered by Florida Department of Education
Exam Content Breakdown
Based on the official Florida Department of Education content outline
Literary elements, theme, perspective and point of view, and poetry across grades 3-10.
Text structure, central idea, author's purpose and perspective, and argument in nonfiction texts.
Figurative language, paraphrasing and summarizing, comparative reading, morphology, and context/connotation.
FDOE reports Number Sense grade by grade, not as one umbrella weight: grade 3 additive 23-29% + multiplicative 23-29% + fractional 23-29%; grade 4 whole numbers 31-37% + fractions/decimals 31-37%; grade 5 whole numbers 23-29% + fractions/decimals 23-29%; grade 6 Number Sense and Operations 33-42%; grade 7 NSO with Algebraic Reasoning 25-31%; grade 8 NSO with Probability 22-28% (Test Design Summary, Feb 5 2025).
Grade 5 Algebraic Reasoning 23-29%; grade 6 Algebraic Reasoning 25-36%; grade 7 Proportional Reasoning and Relationships 22-31% (plus NSO-and-Algebraic 25-31%); grade 8 Algebraic Reasoning 22-28% and Linear Relationships, Data Analysis, and Functions 25-31%. Grades 3-4 fold algebraic benchmarks into the number-sense categories.
Grades 3-5 combine Geometric Reasoning, Measurement, and Data Analysis and Probability into one category (23-29% at grades 3 and 5; 31-37% at grade 4); grade 6 Geometric Reasoning, Data Analysis, and Probability 25-36%; grade 7 Geometric Reasoning 22-28%; grade 8 Geometric Reasoning 22-28%.
A standalone Data Analysis and Probability category exists only at grade 7 (22-28%); grade 8 pairs probability with number sense (22-28%) and data analysis with linear relationships and functions (25-31%); grades 3-6 assess data benchmarks inside their geometry categories.
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What's Next After the FAST?
After passing the FAST, you can pursue these career paths
On-Grade-Level Academic Promotion
Demonstrate grade-level mastery (Achievement Level 3+) to meet Florida statutory promotion criteria, including the Grade 3 ELA Reading milestone under Section 1008.25, Florida Statutes.
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Florida High School Graduation Readiness
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