Understanding the Florida FAST Assessment

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Make me a 7th grade FAST test based on these guidelines Reporting Category Benchmarks Assessed % of Test Literary Elements ELA.7.R.1.1 Theme ELA.7.R.1.2 Reading Prose and Poetry 25-35% Perspective and Point of View ELA.7.R.1.3 Structure ELA.7.R.2.1 Reading Informational Text Central Idea ELA.7.R.2.2 Purpose and Perspective ELA.7.R.2.3 Argument ELA.7.R.2.4 Comparative Reading ELA.7.R.3.3 Reading Across Genres & Vocabulary Understanding Rhetoric ELA.7.R.3.4 Poetry ELA.7.R.1.4 Interpreting Figurati...

The Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) is designed to align with the Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards, focusing on literacy to prepare students for success. It acts as a progress monitoring tool, administered three times a year to track growth in Reading and Mathematics. The resource outlines the assessment format, including the number of questions (36-40 items), question types (multiple choice), and recommended duration (90-120 minutes). Key learning objectives include understanding the structure of the ELA FAST, identifying reporting categories and weights, and utilizing strategies to activate prior knowledge. The document explains the importance of advance organizers and provides an overview of scoring across reading literary texts, informational texts, and contextual vocabulary. In addition, it includes a series of literary and informational texts with related comprehension questions, helping students engage with diverse material. The resource also contains a teacher section with an answer key and a standards alignment, which outlines the expectations set forth in the Florida standards.

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