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Also see School Board P-5.50 and P-5.0115 or review FERPA (20 U.S.C. § 1232g) and its interpretative regulations in
34 CFR part 99. Copies of this information and policy can also be obtained from the District’s Strategic Communications
& Engagement department and from the schools.

Recordkeeping Requirements
Schools shall not destroy any education records that are under investigation or records/litigation hold. Schools are also
required to maintain requests for access to records, disclosure of personally identifiable information from students’
education records and other education records in accordance with the District’s Records Retention schedule, which is
available online at: Student Records Requests / Records Retention Schedule.

FLORIDA STATE-WIDE ASSESSMENT/PROMOTION
State Standards

In February 2014, Florida moved to the Florida Standards in Language Arts and Mathematics to continue to enhance the
rigor of instruction throughout the state. In Fall of 2022, the state transitioned ELA and Mathematics to the Benchmarks
for Excellent Student Thinking (BEST) Standards. The intent of standards-based curriculum is to identify what a student
should know and be able to do at each grade level. Additional information on state assessments are available here:
https://www.fldoe.org/accountability/assessments/k-12-student-assessment/

Florida's K-12 Statewide Assessment Program
● Florida Assessment for Student Thinking (FAST): Beginning in Fall 2022, the FAST assessments will be given in VPK
through grade 10 English Language Arts (ELA) and VPK through grade 8 Mathematics.
● State Academic Standards (SAS) Assessments: The State Academic Standards Assessments, will only be
administered for the computer-based Statewide Science Assessment (grades 5 and 8).
● Florida EOC Assessments: The Florida End-of-Course (EOC) Assessments are designed to measure student
achievement of the Standards for specific middle- and high-school level courses, as outlined in their course
descriptions. These are computer-based tests, which include the Algebra 1, Geometry, Biology 1 EOC, the U.S.
History EOC Assessment, and the Civics EOC Assessment. (See Florida End-of-Course Assessments)

The following statewide assessments will be administered in the 2023-24 school year:

● FSA ELA and Algebra 1 Retakes (fall and spring)
● FAST Grade 10 ELA Reading Retake (fall, winter, spring and summer)
● Algebra 1 and Geometry EOC Assessments aligned to the B.E.S.T. Standards (fall, winter, spring and summer)
● Biology 1, Civics, and U.S. History EOC Assessments (fall, winter, spring and summer)
● Grades K-2 FAST Reading and Mathematics Progress Monitoring (fall, winter and spring)
● Grades 3-10 FAST ELA Reading Progress Monitoring (fall, winter and spring)
● Grades 3-8 FAST Mathematics Progress Monitoring (fall, winter and spring)
● Grades 4-10 Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T) Writing (spring)
● Grades 5 and 8 Science Assessments (spring, will change to computer-based)
● Florida Civics Literacy Exam (FCLE)
● ACT/SAT
● PSAT

The schedule for these assessments and other statewide assessments can be found at:

Florida State Assessment Program Schedules

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