The Florida Assessment of Student Thinking helps educators gauge student learning in VPK through high school on a variety of different subjects. This school year, 53% of students in grades 3 to 10 ...

Volusia and Flagler county school districts showed notable improvement in math, according to the 2023-24 Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) results released by the state Department of ...

The University of Florida’s new HealthScreen program will use mobile health vehicles to send community health workers and nurses throughout North Central Florida to conduct critical health screenings ...

Students began standardized testing almost as soon as they returned to school in August. To get a midyear check on student progress, a second round of the new Florida Assessment of Student Thinking — ...

Online testing in Florida schools being delivered by Pearson Education hiccupped on Tuesday, April 22, at 26 districts in the state and had to be delayed for a day while server problems were sorted ...

When compared with K-12 schools across the country, Florida made strides in some subjects and grade levels but fell behind in ...

INDIANTOWN, Fla. — Monday marks the beginning of the end for the Florida Standards Assessments, as this is the last time teachers will administer the controversial exams to students. Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

Florida middle schoolers’ math and reading scores continue a decline that preceded the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Department of Education data released in January show. The data are not a fluke, as ...

Computer-based testing gives 9-year-old Sailor Hulbert a headache. This year, she has to sit in front of a screen and click through questions three times instead of bubbling in a test booklet once.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans Tuesday to end the Florida Standards Assessments testing for students across the state, a move applauded by the state’s largest teachers union. “We need to measure ...