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What replaced the FSA
FAST, the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking, first given in the 2022-23 school year.
Subjects
ELA reading in grades 3 to 10 and mathematics in grades 3 to 8. Each is given three times a year: PM1 at the start, PM2 in the middle and PM3 at the end.
ELA reading
36 to 40 items, plus about 5 field-test items on PM3. 90 minutes for PM1 and PM2 and 120 minutes for PM3.
Mathematics
35 to 40 items in grades 3 to 5 and 36 to 40 in grades 6 to 8. Grades 3 to 5: 80 minutes for PM1 and PM2, 100 for PM3. Grades 6 to 8: 100 minutes, then 120.
How it is given
On a computer, in one session in one day. The tests are computer-adaptive: item difficulty adjusts to how the student responds.
Scores
Five achievement levels, with Level 3 meaning On Grade Level. PM1 and PM2 are for information only; PM3 gives the end-of-year score.
A sandbox is a rectangle 8 feet long and 5 feet wide. How many feet of border go all the way around it?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 3, benchmark MA.3.GR.2.3
A sign says the old bridge is unsafe. The prefix un- means "not." What does the sign tell walkers?Cambridge Dictionary, "un-" and "unsafe"; Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 3, benchmark ELA.3.V.1.2
Leo has 3 boxes with 8 crayons in each box. He finds 5 more crayons under his desk. How many crayons does he have now?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 3, benchmark MA.3.AR.1.2
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Grade 3, continued
Read the passage. "On Monday, Nico would not even touch the water at the pool. Each day his sister showed him one small step: toes, then knees, then blowing bubbles. On Friday, Nico jumped in by himself and came up laughing." How does Nico change during the story?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 3, benchmark ELA.3.R.1.1
Read the passage. "The Pine Street library is busier than ever. Last year it added a room for story time. It now lends tools and board games as well as books. On Saturdays, every table is full." What is the central idea?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 3, benchmark ELA.3.R.2.2
Read the poem. "Morning fog lifts slow / over the still, silver lake / one loon calls for day." The poem has three lines and 17 syllables. What type of poem is it?Cambridge Dictionary, "haiku" and "limerick"; Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 3, benchmark ELA.3.R.1.4
Read the sentence. "The wind whispered through the tall grass." Which kind of figurative language does the author use?Cambridge Dictionary, "personification"; Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 3, benchmark ELA.3.R.3.1
What is 506 − 278?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 3, benchmark MA.3.NSO.2.1
What number makes this equation true? 54 ÷ ? = 6Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 3, benchmark MA.3.AR.2.3
Which statement about these fractions is true?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 3, benchmark MA.3.FR.2.1
Grade 4 10
A blue ribbon is 9 feet long. A red ribbon is 6 times as long as the blue ribbon. How long is the red ribbon?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, benchmark MA.4.AR.1.1
A poster is a rectangle with an area of 54 square inches. Its width is 6 inches. What is its length?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, benchmark MA.4.GR.2.1
Read the passage. "I watched Dad burn the first pancake. 'That one is for the dog,' he said, laughing." From which point of view is the story told?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 4, benchmark ELA.4.R.1.3
Read the passage. "Our town should build a bike path along Mill Road. Forty students bike to school on that road each day, and it has no sidewalk." Which sentence states the author's claim?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 4, benchmark ELA.4.R.2.4
Read the passage. "Tasha's kite crashed four times. Each time she changed one thing: a longer tail, a lighter frame, a tighter string. On the fifth try it climbed above the trees." Which theme does the story develop?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 4, benchmark ELA.4.R.1.2
Read the passage. "The playground flooded after every rain, and students could not use it for days. So the fourth grade raised money, and workers dug a drain along the fence. Now the puddles are gone by morning." Which text structure does the author use?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 4, benchmark ELA.4.R.2.1
Read the sentences. "Ben was reluctant to try the high dive. He stood at the bottom of the ladder for ten minutes before he climbed." What does "reluctant" mean?Cambridge Dictionary, "reluctant"; Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 4, benchmark ELA.4.V.1.3
What is 58 × 24?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, benchmark MA.4.NSO.2.3
Which fraction is equivalent to 5/6?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, benchmark MA.4.FR.1.3
Which number is three hundred eight thousand, seventy-one?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 4, benchmark MA.4.NSO.1.2
Grade 5 10
A box is 8 centimeters long, 5 centimeters wide and 3 centimeters tall. What is its volume?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 5, benchmark MA.5.GR.3.2
A soup recipe uses 5/8 cup of milk and 1/6 cup of cream. How much milk and cream does it use in all?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 5, benchmark MA.5.FR.2.1
Read the passage. "Everyone else saw a rusty bicycle in the junk pile. Maya saw wheels that still spun and a frame that only needed paint. 'It just needs someone to believe in it,' she said." How does the author develop Maya's perspective?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 5, benchmark ELA.5.R.1.3
Read the passage. "Jalen practiced his speech all week. On Friday his notes blew off the stage. He took a breath, spoke from memory, and the crowd cheered." Which is the best summary?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 5, benchmark ELA.5.R.3.2
Read the passage. "The Lakeview school garden feeds more than its students. Each week it sends baskets of beans and squash to a food pantry. Families take home seedlings in spring. Even the compost goes to a nearby farm." What is the central idea?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 5, benchmark ELA.5.R.2.2
Read the poem. "The river is a ribbon, / silver in the sun; / it ties the hills together / and never comes undone." What does the metaphor in the first line help a reader picture?Cambridge Dictionary, "metaphor"; Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 5, benchmark ELA.5.R.1.4
Read the sentence. "Kai misjudged the jump and landed in the puddle." The prefix mis- means "wrongly." What did Kai do?Cambridge Dictionary, "mis-" and "misjudge"; Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 5, benchmark ELA.5.V.1.2
What is 12.5 − 3.75?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 5, benchmark MA.5.NSO.2.3
What is 1,608 ÷ 24?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 5, benchmark MA.5.NSO.2.2
What is the value of 6 + 18 ÷ (3 × 2) − 4?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 5, benchmark MA.5.AR.2.2
A baker divides r rolls equally among 6 bags and gets 14 rolls in each bag. The equation is r ÷ 6 = 14. What is r?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, benchmark MA.6.AR.2.3
Five sunflowers are 42, 45, 45, 50 and 58 inches tall. What is the mean height?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, benchmark MA.6.DP.1.2
The prefix inter- means "between or among." What is an international agreement?Cambridge Dictionary, "inter-" and "international"; Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 6, benchmark ELA.6.V.1.2
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Grade 6, continued
Read the passage. "Lena hid her best marbles so that no one could win them. She kept every one, and she played alone all summer." Which theme does the story suggest?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 6, benchmark ELA.6.R.1.2
Read the passage. "The Harbor City ferry carries nurses to the island clinic at dawn. At noon it brings the mail and the groceries. In the evening it takes students home from the mainland school." What central idea do the details imply?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 6, benchmark ELA.6.R.2.2
Read the sentence. "Dark clouds gathered, and an ominous rumble rolled across the field, so the coach called everyone inside." What does "ominous" mean?Cambridge Dictionary, "ominous"; Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 6, benchmark ELA.6.V.1.3
What is 7.2 ÷ 0.6?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, benchmark MA.6.NSO.2.1
What is 35% of 60?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, benchmark MA.6.AR.3.4
Which of these numbers has the greatest absolute value?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 6, benchmark MA.6.NSO.1.3
Which sentence best paraphrases this one? "Because the bridge was closed for repairs, commuters had to find other routes into the city."Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 6, benchmark ELA.6.R.3.2
Grade 7 10
A jacket has a regular price of $60. It is on sale for 20% off. What is the sale price?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 7, benchmark MA.7.AR.3.1
A round table has a diameter of 20 inches. Using 3.14 for π, what is its circumference?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 7, benchmark MA.7.GR.1.3
A spinner has 8 equal sections: 3 red, 4 yellow and 1 white. What is the probability that it lands on yellow?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 7, benchmark MA.7.DP.2.3
An author argues: "Every member of the chess club made the honor roll, so joining the chess club will put any student on the honor roll." What is the weakness in this reasoning?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 7, benchmark ELA.7.R.2.4
Read the passage. "I am the best goalkeeper our school has ever had. True, the other team scored nine times on Saturday, but the sun was in my eyes, the grass was too long, and the ball was clearly the wrong size." Why should readers doubt this narrator?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 7, benchmark ELA.7.R.1.3, clarification 1
Read the passage. "Stop. Look around this lunchroom. Every tray holds something that will be thrown away. Every single day." How do the short sentences serve the author's purpose?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 7, benchmark ELA.7.R.2.3
Read the passage. "The blizzard sealed the mountain road for three days. With no way to reach town, Rosa, who had never spoken to the family next door, knocked to ask for firewood. By the time the plows came, she knew all their names." How does the setting affect the plot?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 7, benchmark ELA.7.R.1.1
The root geo means "earth," and the ending -ology means "the study of." Which word names the study of the rocks that make up the earth's surface?Cambridge Dictionary, "geo-", "-ology" and "geology"; Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 7, benchmark ELA.7.V.1.2
What is −3/4 + 1/2?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 7, benchmark MA.7.NSO.2.2
What value of x makes 3x − 7 = 20 true?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 7, benchmark MA.7.AR.2.2
Grade 8 10
A line passes through the points (1, 3) and (4, 9). What is its slope?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 8, benchmark MA.8.AR.3.2
A student writes: "School should start later. Mornings are just terrible." How could this argument best be improved?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 8, benchmark ELA.8.R.2.4
In a story, a girl plants an acorn on the day her grandfather dies. Each year she visits the growing oak and tells it her news. What does the oak most likely symbolize?Cambridge Dictionary, "symbol"; Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 8, benchmark ELA.8.R.3.1
Read the passage. "'A flood,' sighed Mr. Abbot, looking at the ruined shop floor. 'A swimming pool!' shouted his six-year-old, already rolling up her jeans." How does the author set the two characters' perspectives apart?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 8, benchmark ELA.8.R.1.3
Read the passage. "The Elm Street market does more than sell vegetables. It gives twelve local farmers a place to earn a living, and it has turned an empty parking lot into the spot where neighbors meet each Saturday." Which two central ideas does the passage develop?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 8, benchmark ELA.8.R.2.2
The root micro means "very small." What does "microscopic" mean in the sentence "Pond water holds microscopic animals"?Cambridge Dictionary, "micro-" and "microscopic"; Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 8, benchmark ELA.8.V.1.2
The two legs of a right triangle measure 9 centimeters and 12 centimeters. How long is the hypotenuse?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 8, benchmark MA.8.GR.1.1
What value of x makes 5x − 4 = 2x + 11 true?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 8, benchmark MA.8.AR.2.1
Which of these relations is a function?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 8, benchmark MA.8.F.1.1
Which shows 0.00052 in scientific notation?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for Mathematics, grade 8, benchmark MA.8.NSO.1.4
A speaker says: "This river is the town's beating heart. Let it die, and the town dies with it." How does the figurative language serve the speaker's purpose?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 9, benchmark ELA.9.R.2.3
An author's central idea is that school libraries deserve more funding. Which sentence gives the weakest support for that idea?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 9, benchmark ELA.9.R.2.2
Read the passage. "'What a perfect day for a picnic,' Dana said, as hail bounced off the roof of the car." How does the author create irony?Cambridge Dictionary, "irony"; Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 9, benchmark ELA.9.R.1.3
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Grade 9, continued
Read the passage. "Each night the old keeper climbed 112 steps to light a lamp that no ship had needed in years. 'Someone might,' he said." Which universal theme does the passage develop?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 9, benchmark ELA.9.R.1.2
Read the sentence. "The fog crept into the harbor like a thief, swallowing the lamps one by one." Which mood does the figurative language create?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 9, benchmark ELA.9.R.3.1
Read the sentence. "Though she lost her first three matches, the tenacious young wrestler was back at practice every morning." What does "tenacious" mean?Cambridge Dictionary, "tenacious"; Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 9, benchmark ELA.9.V.1.3
Grade 10 6
In one story a prince gives up his crown to stay with the villagers who sheltered him. In another, a merchant leaves his fortune behind to care for a sick friend. Which universal theme do both stories develop?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 10, benchmark ELA.10.R.1.2
In the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln said: "It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced." What is the central idea of this sentence?National Park Service, Lincoln Home National Historic Site, "The Gettysburg Address"; Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 10, benchmark ELA.10.R.2.2
Read the passage. "At sixteen, Theo thought his father's small repair shop was a trap. At the bus station, ticket in hand, he watched his father fix a stranger's stroller for free, and for the first time he wondered which of them was the free one." What does the passage show about Theo's coming of age?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 10, benchmark ELA.10.R.1.3
Read the sentence. "The monk's room was austere: a cot, a wooden stool and a single candle." What does "austere" mean?Cambridge Dictionary, "austere"; Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 10, benchmark ELA.10.V.1.3
Two editorials cite the same fact: city buses carried ten percent fewer riders last year. One argues that the city should cut routes. The other argues that it should add routes. How do the two authors use the fact?Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 10, benchmark ELA.10.R.2.4
Which sentence best paraphrases this one? "Although the committee praised the proposal's ambition, it ultimately rejected the plan on the grounds that its costs were unsustainable."Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, grade 10, benchmark ELA.10.R.3.2
How this list was compiled: Outline: the Florida Department of Education's Test Design Summary and Blueprint: FAST ELA Reading and B.E.S.T. Writing (updated June 2024), https://www.fldoe.org/file/20102/TDS-FAST-ELA.pdf, linked from the department's FAST Assessments page, https://www.fldoe.org/accountability/assessments/k-12-student-assessment/best/, and read 2026-10-07. Each question names the benchmark it practices in Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards for English Language Arts, https://cpalmsmediaprod.blob.core.windows.net/uploads/docs/standards/best/la/elabeststandardsfinal.pdf, read 2026-10-07. Word meanings and the names of figures of speech were checked in the Cambridge Dictionary, named under those answers, on 2026-10-07. The sentence from the Gettysburg Address was read on the National Park Service page named under that answer. Licence: Own work. Questions, reading passages, poems, answer choices and explanations were written for this site. Nothing is copied or reworded from an FSA or FAST test, a released test, a sample item of the state, an example in the standards or another practice test.
How it works
Florida law replaced the Florida Standards Assessments with FAST in 2022. This unofficial test prep page has a short practice set for each grade from 3 to 10. Every question is our own. Not affiliated with the Florida Department of Education.
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What is in each grade's set
Grades 3 to 8 have five math questions, at least one from each reporting category of that grade's blueprint, and five reading questions. Grades 9 and 10 have six reading questions, because Florida gives FAST mathematics only through grade 8. The reading questions use short passages and poems written for this page, since the real test's long passages cannot be copied.
How the answers are checked
Each question names the Florida benchmark it practices. The math answers are worked out again from the numbers in the question. Word meanings and figures of speech rest on a dictionary named under the answer.
Questions and answers
What replaced the FSA?
FAST, the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking. The state's assessments guide dates the change to legislation signed in March 2022, and FAST was given for the first time in the 2022-23 school year.
Which grades take the FAST test?
ELA reading in grades 3 to 10 and mathematics in grades 3 to 8, each three times a year: PM1, PM2 and PM3. FAST is also given from VPK to grade 2; kindergarten to grade 2 has its own fact sheet.
How many questions are on the FAST test?
Reading has 36 to 40 items in every grade, and its end-of-year test adds about five field-test items. Mathematics has 35 to 40 items in grades 3 to 5 and 36 to 40 in grades 6 to 8.
Can I print an FSA practice test as a PDF?
Yes. Finish a grade's set and choose Print: the questions come out as a sheet, with an answer key if you want one. Save as PDF in the print window keeps a file.