Amid a debate about whether students should be required to take standardized tests in person as COVID-19 continues to spread, the state Department of Education is giving an additional two weeks for the Florida Standards Assessments and a statewide science test to be administered.
With concerns growing among students, teachers, and parents, Florida education officials are giving school districts an extra two weeks to administer the Florida Standards Assessments, or FSA, later this spring.
FSA testing windows extended by 2 weeks, Florida officials announce
Changes will provide school districts with more flexibility to safely administer exams
Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
WPTV
and last updated 2021-02-16 11:46:45-05
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. â With concerns growing among students, teachers, and parents, Florida education officials are giving school districts an extra two weeks to administer the Florida Standards Assessments, or FSA, later this spring.
Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran issued an executive order on Monday which expands the following testing windows:
Grade 3 English Language Arts (ELA) Reading (PBT): April 5 - 30
The emergency order points to a “disproportionate numbers of educationally disadvantaged students learning off-campus or not attending school at all" due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The state's key testing season, which begins in early April, will be extended this year. Officials hope that means taking the exams in person as state law requires will be safer.