Florida FAST Grade 10 ELA Reading

The Florida FAST Grade 10 ELA Reading (B.E.S.T.) test is a computer-based, computer-adaptive test given in one session during each of three progress-monitoring windows. Because it is adaptive, the difficulty of later questions adjusts to how you answer earlier ones. Students read literary and informational passages and answer 36 to 40 scored questions.

FAST Grade 10 ELA Reading, aligned to the B.E.S.T. ELA Standards

Computer-based and computer-adaptive, one session per window

36–40; PM3 also includes about 5 unscored field-test questions

Up to 90 minutes for PM1 and PM2; up to 120 minutes for PM3

About half literary (prose, poetry, drama) and half informational, including historical American speeches and

Pass the PM3 test with Achievement Level 3 or higher (scale score 247) or earn an approved concordant

Reporting category Benchmarks assessed

R.1.1 Literary Elements · R.1.2 Theme · R.1.3 Perspective and Point of View · R.1.4 Poetry

R.2.1 Structure · R.2.2 Central Idea · R.2.3 Purpose and Perspective · R.2.4 Argument

Morphology · V.1.3 Context and Connotation

Inadequate; highly likely to need substantial support

Below satisfactory; likely to need substantial support

Satisfactory (on grade level); meets the graduation requirement on PM3

Results are usually available within a day of testing. Each report shows an overall scale score, an achievement level and performance in each reporting category, and the state also reports percentile ranks. PM1 and PM2 results are for planning only; they show growth and point to the skills to work on before PM3. Students who do not pass the PM3 test have several retake opportunities during the year, and the retake uses the same score scale. Approved concordant scores on the SAT, ACT or Classic Learning Test can also satisfy the requirement; check the current state table with your school

How key literary elements, themes and perspectives develop and add layers of meaning in stories, plays and poems How authors create ambiguity and multiple layers of meaning in poetry

How text structures and features shape informational texts

The central ideas, purposes and rhetorical choices of historical American speeches and essays How two opposing arguments on the same topic are developed and how valid their claims are How figurative language creates mood and how modern texts adapt myths and classical or religious stories The meanings of words through roots and affixes, context clues, connotation and denotation