The FAST Report is designed to provide teachers with detailed insights into student progress in either ELA or Math, including End-of-Course (EOC) exams. Teachers can view their scheduled students Overall Scale Scores and growth amounts for each Performance Measure (PM). Positive growth is highlighted in green, while negative growth is shown in red. This makes it easy to quickly identify students who are improving and those who may need additional support.
Only students actively scheduled into the selected section will appear by default, but teachers can choose to include inactive students as needed. Student-level data includes individual Overall Scale Scores and growth, providing actionable insights for classroom instruction.
By incorporating the FAST Report into classroom practice, teachers can monitor student performance, track growth trends, and make informed instructional decisions. This supports targeted interventions and promotes continuous improvement in both ELA and Math for the students in their classes.
The FAST Report Low Percentile system preference is a configurable setting that determines the threshold for low performance in the FAST Report. By default, this setting is set to 30. This means that students whose performance falls below the 30th percentile are considered to be in the low-performance category. This setting allows schools to customize the threshold based on their specific grading standards and requirements. The decimal support in this setting provides further precision, enabling more accurate categorization and reporting of student performance.
1. Click the Reports menu, then click FAST Report.
2. Select the Subject from the pull-down: ELA or Math.
3. Select the Show Growth check box to display the growth amounts for each student. When selected, the report will:
Student Level:
When a user clicks on a specific school, it will list the students and show each student's growth based on their Overall Scale Scores.
Similar to the school level, positive growth will be displayed in green and negative growth in red.
If the Show Growth check box is unchecked, the report will only display the average Overall Scale Scores and Achievement Levels (if possible) without the growth amounts and their color-coded indicators.
Below is an example of the student driven report for Math with growth included.
Below is an example of the student driven report for Math without growth.
4. Select the Include Inactive check box to include inactive students in the report.
5. Click Submit to run the report.
6. Click the student ID or Student name to open a FAST report for the specific student.
The student FAST report displays the all the same information as listed above, as well as the Test Part names including the Test Part names and their corresponding Achievement Levels and Scale Scores by school year.
a. Hover over the Legend for information about the Grade Levels and the applicable achievement levels.
b. Click the student ID number or Student name to open Student Info.
7. Click the white X to close the pop-up report and return to the main Fast Report.
Report Details
Achievement Level: This is designed to show the proficiency of a student based on their test scores. This can range from Level 1 (lowest proficiency) to Level 5 (highest proficiency). The report aims to highlight whether a student is meeting or exceeding the expected proficiency standards. Typically, Level 2 and above (Level 2+) are considered proficient or on grade level.
Percentile Rank: This indicates how a student's performance compares to others. For example, a student in the 75th percentile performed better than 75% of their peers.
Scale Score: This is the numerical score that represents a student's performance on the test. It is used to determine the achievement level and growth.
Gain: This column shows the improvement in a student’s scale score over a period of time, typically calculated between different Performance Measures (PMs) or school years. Gain is calculated by subtracting the previous scale score (e.g., PM3 of the previous year) from the current scale score (e.g., PM1 or PM2 of the current year). Positive numbers indicate improvement, while negative numbers indicate a decline.
L35: The L35 column identifies students in the lowest 35 percent of the student population based on prior year state assessment scores. It calculates the 35th percentile score, and all students with scores at or below this threshold are included in the report.
The data that was previously displayed in the L25 Report is now presented in the Lower 35% (L35) section of the FAST Report. Once the Survey 3 O-File is available, the report will automatically update to reflect the official L25 values.
- Before the Survey 3 O-File: If the current years Survey 3 data is not yet available in the florida_demographic_ofile table, the FAST Report will show the L35 data by default.
- After the Survey 3 O-File: When the O-File is entered, the report will update to display the official L25 data.
Survey 2/3 Match: (Previously called Affects School Grade): A check mark displays if the student is listed in the O-file for this school during survey periods 2 and 3.
Tested Above Grade: This column identifies students who have taken an assessment that is above their current grade level. It helps highlight students who may be performing at a higher level than their current grade by showing those who have been tested on content designed for higher grade levels. The data comes from the testing records, comparing the grade level of the test taken with the student's current grade.
Click Message to send messages to students in the report via Students > Communication.
If there are multiple pages of data, click the Prev and Next buttons to sift through pages. You can also enter a number in the Page text box to jump to a page.
Click the Excel icon in the Export section to export the table of data to an Excel spreadsheet, which can then be saved to your computer.
Click the Printer icon to print the table of data.
Click Filters to filter data and apply filter rules.
a. To add more than one filter to a column, click on the green plus sign.
b. To delete an added filter, click on the red minus sign.
c. Select the gray arrow for additional filtering rules.
For more information, see Filters.
You can also sort data by clicking on any of the headers. Click once for ascending results; click twice for descending results.
The Page Size defaults to 25 meaning that 25 lines of data are displayed. To change the number of data lines displayed, enter the Page Size desired, such as 15.
