Testing Schedule

Florida Statewide Assessment Program 2024–2025 Schedule

The testing windows below denote the amount of time provided for districts and schools to select test administration days; they do not represent the amount of time students spend taking the assessments. The windows are established to provide maximum flexibility to efficiently deliver these important measurements of student progress and performance and maximize student learning and instructional time.

Writing

Dates Assessment
March 31–April 11, 2025 Grades 4–10 Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Writing

ELA Reading and Mathematics

Dates Assessment
May 1 – 30, 2025 Grades 3–10 Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) English Language Arts (ELA) Reading & Grades 3–8 Mathematics End-of-Year Progress Monitoring Assessment (Third Administration, PM3)

Statewide Science Assessment

Dates Assessment
May 1–30, 2025 Grades 5 & 8 Science

EOC & FAST ELA Reading Retake Assessments

Dates Assessment
September 9–October 4, 2024
December 2–20, 2024
May 1–30, 2025
July 14–25, 2025		 B.E.S.T. Algebra 1 & Geometry End-of-Course (EOC) Assessments Biology 1, Civics, & U.S. History EOCs FAST Grade 10 ELA Reading Retake

FSA Retake Assessments

Dates Assessment
September 9–October 4, 2024 Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) Grade 10 ELA Reading Retake FSA Grade 10 ELA Writing Retake FSA Algebra 1 EOC Retake
May1–30, 2025 FSA Grade 10 ELA Writing Retake FSA Grade 10 ELA Reading Retake FSA Algebra 1 EOC Retake

*School districts establish daily testing schedules within these windows according to state-provided guidance. For more detailed scheduling information for a specific school or district, please visit that organization’s website.

FAST

Dates Grade Levels and Subjects
First Administration (PM1):
August 5–September 27, 2024
Second Administration (PM2):
December 2, 2024–January 24, 2025
Third Administration (PM3):
April 14–May 30, 2025		 Grades K–2* FAST Reading & Mathematics
First Administration (PM1):
August 12–September 27, 2024
Second Administration (PM2):
December 2, 2024–January 24, 2025
Third Administration (PM3):
May 1–May 30, 2025		 Grades 3–10 FAST ELA Reading & Grades 3–8 FAST Mathematics

*Assessment calendar guidance for VPK programs is available at https://www.fldoe.org/schools/early-learning/providers/fast-star-earlit.stml.

Florida Alternate Assessment

Dates Grade Levels and Subjects
September 23–October 11, 2024 Florida Standards Alternate Assessment (FSAA)—Performance Task
Grade 10 ELA Makeup
Algebra 1 Makeup
February 24–April 11, 2025 Florida Alternate Assessments (FAA)*—Performance Task
Grades 3–8 ELA & Mathematics
Grades 4–8 Writing
Grades 5 & 8 Science
End-of-Course Assessment (Civics)
March 10–April 25, 2025 FAA*—Performance Task
Grades 9 & 10 ELA
Grades 9 & 10 Writing
End-of-Course Assessments (Algebra 1, Biology 1, Geometry
& U.S. History)
Data Collection Periods:
September–October 2024
November–December 2024
February–March 2025		 FAA*—Datafolio
Grades 3–10 ELA (Reading & Writing)
Grades 3–8 Mathematics
Grades 5 & 8 Science
End-of-Course Assessments (Algebra 1, Biology 1, Civics, Geometry &
U.S. History)

*Aligned to Access Points for B.E.S.T.

Other Statewide Assessments

Dates Assessment
October 2024–April 2025 Preliminary ACT (PreACT)
October 2024 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT)
November 4–December 20, 2024
March 31–May 30, 2025		 Florida Civic Literacy Exam
October 2024–May 2025 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
Mathematics (Grades 4, 8 & 12)
Reading (Grades 4, 8 & 12)
Science (Grade 8)
January 20–March 14, 2025 ACCESS for ELLs
Alternate ACCESS for ELLs
March–April 2025 ACT*
March–April 2025 SAT*
March–April 2025 Classic Learning Test (CLT)*
May 2025 Advanced Placement (AP) Exams

*Districts will select the ACT, SAT, or CLT to administer to all Grade 11 students in the district.