According to Section 1008.22(7)(b), Florida Statutes (F.S.), and State Board of Education Rule 6A-1.094224, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C), the uniform assessment calendar must be published on the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) website by January of each year for, at a minimum, the following two school years. Prior to posting, FDOE will complete sections 1 through 4 with the appropriate information.
Each school district must then complete the uniform calendar with district-required assessment information, publish the calendar to the district website, and provide it to the FDOE by October 1 of each school year. Districts must provide completed calendars to schools and include the calendar in their parent guides. In addition, each school must publish the completed calendar on its website.
The statewide assessment information provided by the Department in sections 1 through 4 should not be altered; however, districts may otherwise modify and populate this template to accurately indicate their assessment schedules for the school year.
1. Glossary of Assessment Terms 
The following glossary includes definitions of assessment terms and explanations of acronyms used throughout this template. The FDOE will populate this section with state-level terms in addition to those specified in s. 1008.22(7)(i), F.S. Districts may add rows as needed for additional glossary terms that are specific to district-required assessments but should not modify any FDOE-provided information. 
Acronym/Term	Definition	
ACCESS for ELLs	Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State (ACCESS) for English Language Learners (ELLs)	
Accommodation	Per Rule 6A-1.0943, F.A.C., “Accommodations are defined as adjustments to the presentation of the statewide standardized assessment questions, methods of recording examinee responses to the questions, scheduling for the administration of a statewide standardized assessment to include amount of time for administration, settings for administration of a statewide standardized assessment, and the use of assistive technology or devices to facilitate the student’s participation in a statewide standardized assessment.”	
B.E.S.T.	Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking	
CBT	Computer-Based Test	
CLT	Classic Learning Test	
Concordant and Comparative Scores	Concordant and comparative scores refer to scores that have been determined by establishing a relationship between assessments that measure similar (but not identical) constructs, such as the Algebra 1 End-of-Course Assessment and the SAT. In statute, concordant refers to scores associated with the ELA assessment and comparative refers to scores associated with the Algebra 1 assessment. A student can meet assessment graduation requirements by earning a concordant or comparative score as specified in Rule 6A-1.09422, F.A.C.	
Diagnostic	Assessments that measure students’ understanding of a subject area or skills base, which allow teachers and educators to evaluate student learning, focusing on strengths and areas of need.	
District Window	The selected dates within the statewide window during which a district will administer a given assessment. 	
District-Required Assessments	Assessments required by the school district for students in a specific grade or course.	
ELA	English Language Arts	
EOC	End-of-Course	
Evaluative	Assessments that measure student proficiency at selected intervals in order to compare change over time and to compare state-level results.	
FAA	Florida Alternate Assessment; The FAA—Datafolio is designed to provide meaningful information about students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who typically do not have a formal mode of communication and are working at pre-academic levels. The FAA—Performance Task is a performance-based assessment for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities aligned to the state’s alternate academic achievement standards.	
FAST	Florida Assessment of Student Thinking	
FCLE	Florida Civic Literacy Exam	
Formative	Formative assessments are the formal and informal ways that teachers and students gather and respond to evidence of student learning. Formative assessments are part of teaching in the classroom. Formative assessments will not result in a score that will appear on a student's report card, but they serve the greater purpose of informing both students and teachers on what changes need to happen in classroom instruction to better serve the needs of individual students.	
Interim	Interim assessments are administered on a smaller scale (i.e., school or district) with results that can be used at the classroom level or aggregated at the school- or district-level. Depending on the design, interim assessments can be used to predict a student’s ability to succeed on a summative assessment, to evaluate a program, or to diagnose student learning gaps.	
NAEP	National Assessment of Educational Progress	
PBT	Paper-Based Test	
PM1	The baseline administration of FAST progress monitoring in the beginning of the school year.	
PM2	The midyear administration of FAST progress monitoring in the middle of the school year.	
PM3	The summative administration of FAST progress monitoring at the end of the school year; the statewide, standardized ELA assessment for students in grades 3 through 10 and the statewide, standardized Mathematics assessment for students in grades 3 through 8.	
Progress Monitoring	The process used to determine whether a student’s academic performance is improving, at what rate it is improving, and how effective instruction has been. In accordance with s. 1008.25(9)(b)1., F.S., the progress monitoring assessments for VPK through grade 2 must be administered at least three times within a program year or school year, as applicable, with the first administration occurring no later than the first 30 instructional days after a student’s enrollment or the start of the program or school year, the second administration occurring midyear, and the third administration occurring within the last 30 days of the program or school year. In accordance with s. 1008.25(9)(b)2., F.S., the progress monitoring assessments for grades 3 through 10 must be administered at the beginning, middle, and end of the school year.	
PSAT/NMSQT	Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test	
Summative	Assessments that evaluate student mastery of Florida’s academic standards at or near the conclusion of the course of instruction.	
Statewide, Standardized Assessments	All assessments required by s. 1008.22, F.S.	
Statewide Window	The range of dates during which districts and/or schools may choose to administer a given assessment.	
Testing Time	The amount of time individual students are each given to respond to test items on each test.	
VPK	Florida’s Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program	

2. Test, Type, and Purpose/Use
FDOE will populate this section with information related to state-level tests. Districts may add rows as needed to define district-required tests, test type, and their purpose/use in the district, but they should not modify any FDOE-provided information. If additional types are added, define applicable types in the glossary.
Test	Type	Purpose/Required Use	Statutory Authority/Required Use Citation	
ACCESS for ELLs	Diagnostic	Measure English language acquisition of ELLs	s. 1003.56, F.S.
Rule 6A-6.0902, F.A.C.
Rule 6A-6.09021, F.A.C.
Rule 6A-6.0903, F.A.C.
Rule 6A-1.09432, F.A.C	
Alternate ACCESS	Diagnostic	Measure English language acquisition of ELLs with significant cognitive disabilities 		
ACT	Summative	Inform course placement; can be used as a concordant or comparative score to meet assessment graduation requirements; provide postsecondary opportunities	s. 1008.22, F.S.
Rule 6A-1.09422, F.A.C.	
CLT	Summative	Inform course placement; can be used as a concordant or comparative score to meet assessment graduation requirements; provide postsecondary opportunities	s. 1008.22, F.S.
Rule 6A-1.09422, F.A.C.	
FAST PM1 and PM2	Diagnostic/Progress Monitoring	Provides information in mastering the appropriate grade-level standards and provides information on students’ progress to parents, teachers, and school and program administrators. Used to provide data for accountability of the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program.	s. 1002.68, F.S
s. 1008.25(9), F.S.
.
Rule 6M-8.601, F.A.C.	
FCLE	Summative	If passed, exempts students from the postsecondary civic literacy assessment requirement established by s. 1007.25(5), F.S.	s. 1003.4282(3)(d), F.S.
s. 1007.25(5)(b), F.S.	
B.E.S.T. Writing	Summative	Purpose: statewide, standardized assessments, including FAST PM3, measure student achievement of Florida’s academic standards 
Required uses: third grade retention; high school standard diploma; EOC assessments as 30% of course grade; school grades; school improvement ratings; district grades; School Improvement; Federal Percent of Points Index (FPPI); Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) accountability ratings; Value-Added Model (VAM); Scholar designation; Credit Acceleration Program; school improvement plans; school, district, state, and federal reporting; assessment provisions for students in scholarship programs and stationed on military bases; New Worlds Reading Initiative; Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence (RAISE) Program	s. 1002.38, F.S.
s. 1002.394, F.S.
s. 1002.395, F.S.
s. 1002.40, F.S.
s. 1002.45, F.S.
s. 1002.68, F.S.
s. 1003.4156, F.S.
s. 1003.4282, F.S.
s. 1003.4285, F.S.
s. 1003.433, F.S.
s. 1003.485, F.S.
s. 1004.04, F.S.
s. 1004.85, F.S.
s. 1008.213, F.S.
s. 1008.22, F.S.
s. 1008.25, F.S.
s. 1008.33, F.S.
s. 1008.34, F.S.
s. 1008.341, F.S.
s. 1008.365, F.S.
s. 1012.34, F.S.
s. 1012.56, F.S.
Rule 6A-1.09422, F.A.C.
Rule 6A-1.094221, F.A.C.
Rule 6A-1.094222, F.A.C.
Rule 6A-1.0943, F.A.C.
Rule 6A-1.09432, F.A.C.
Rule 6A-1.09981, F.A.C.
Rule 6A-1.099811, F.A.C.
Rule 6A-1.099822, F.A.C.
Rule 6A-5.0411, F.A.C.
Rule 6A-6.0531, F.A.C.
Rule 6A-6.0532, F.A.C.	
EOC Assessments	Summative			
FAST PM3	Progress Monitoring/Summative			
FAA—Performance Task	Summative			
FAA—Datafolio	Portfolio			
Statewide Science Assessment	Summative			
NAEP	Evaluative	Measure student performance for comparison among state and national populations over time	s. 1008.22, F.S.	
PreACT	Summative	Inform course placement 	s. 1007.35, F.S.	
PSAT/NMSQT	Summative	Inform course placement; can be used as a concordant or comparative score to meet Algebra 1 assessment graduation requirements	s. 1007.35, F.S.
Rule 6A-1.09422, F.A.C.	
SAT	Summative	Inform course placement; can be used as a concordant or comparative score to meet assessment graduation requirements; provide postsecondary opportunities	s. 1008.22, F.S.
Rule 6A-1.09422, F.A.C.	

3. Required Statewide Assessments 
The following assessments are required for students as indicated in the Students to Be Tested column. FDOE will complete this section with the required statewide assessments. Districts should then populate the District Window column for each assessment in the table but should not modify any FDOE-provided information. 
When calculating total test time in Section 6, do not include times for assessments indicated by grey rows, which indicate duplicate assessment windows (e.g., EOCs), assessments that take the place of another assessment, or assessments that do not have a specified testing time.
Assessment	Students to Be Tested	Statewide Window	District Window	Mode	Testing Time	Results Expected	
VPK FAST PM1	Students enrolled in VPK	First 30 instructional days after a student’s enrollment or the start of a program year or school year		CBT	10–20 minutes	Immediately following test completion	
FAST PM1	Kindergarten–Grade 1 ELA Reading	August 4–September 26, 20251		CBT2	10–20 minutes	Immediately following test completion	
FAST PM1	Grade 2 ELA Reading	August 4–September 26, 20251		CBT2	15–20 minutes	Immediately following test completion	
FAST PM1	Kindergarten–Grade 2 Mathematics	August 4–September 26, 20251		CBT2	20–30 minutes	Immediately following test completion	
FAST PM1	Grades 3–10 ELA Reading	August 11–September 26, 2025		CBT2	90 minutes3	Immediately following test completion	
FAST PM1	Grades 3–5 Mathematics	August 11–September 26, 2025		CBT2	80 minutes3	Immediately following test completion	
FAST PM1	Grades 6–8 Mathematics	August 11–September 26, 2025		CBT2	100 minutes3	Immediately following test completion	
FAA—Datafolio4	Grades 3–10 ELA (Reading & Writing); Grades 3–8 Mathematics; Grades 5 & 8 Science; and Algebra 1, Biology 1, Civics, Geometry, & U.S. History EOCs	Collection Period 1: September–October 2025		PBT	Varies/Untimed	June 2026	
FAA—Datafolio4	Grades 3–10 ELA (Reading & Writing); Grades 3–8 Mathematics; Grades 5 & 8 Science; and Algebra 1, Biology 1, Civics, Geometry, & U.S. History EOCs	Collection Period 2: November–December 2025		PBT	Varies/Untimed	June 2026	
FCLE	Students enrolled in associated courses	November 3–December 19, 2025		CBT2	160 minutes5	Immediately following test completion	
VPK FAST PM2	Students enrolled in VPK	Midyear		CBT	10–20 minutes	Immediately following test completion	
FAST PM2	Kindergarten–Grade 1 ELA Reading	December 1, 2025–January 23, 2026		CBT2	10–20 minutes	Immediately following test completion	
FAST PM2	Grade 2 ELA Reading	December 1, 2025–January 23, 2026		CBT2	15–20 minutes	Immediately following test completion	
FAST PM2	Kindergarten–Grade 2 Mathematics	December 1, 2025–January 23, 2026		CBT2	20–30 minutes	Immediately following test completion	
FAST PM2	Grades 3–10 ELA Reading	December 1, 2025–January 23, 2026		CBT2	90 minutes3	Immediately following test completion	
FAST PM2	Grades 3–5 Mathematics	December 1, 2025–January 23, 2026		CBT2	80 minutes3	Immediately following test completion	
FAST PM2	Grades 6–8 Mathematics	December 1, 2025–January 23, 2026		CBT2	100 minutes3	Immediately following test completion	
FAA—Datafolio4	Grades 3–10 ELA (Reading & Writing); Grades 3–8 Mathematics; Grades 5 & 8 Science; and Algebra 1, Biology 1, Civics, Geometry, & U.S. History EOCs	Collection Period 3: March–April 2026		PBT	Varies/Untimed	June 2026	
FAA—Performance Task6	Grades 3–8 ELA & Mathematics; Grades 4–8 Writing; Grades 5 & 8 Science; and Civics EOC	March 2–April 10, 2026		PBT	Varies/Untimed	June 2026	
ACT7	Grade 11 students in districts that selected ACT	March–April 2026		CBT	175 minutes	3–8 weeks after test administration	
CLT7	Grade 11 students in districts that selected CLT	March–April 2026		CBT	120 minutes	Within 8 business days	
SAT7	Grade 11 students in districts that selected SAT	March–April 2026		CBT	134 minutes	2–4 weeks after test administration	
FAA—Performance Task6	Grades 9 & 10 ELA; Grades 9 & 10 Writing; and Algebra 1, Biology 1, Geometry, and U.S. History EOCs	March 9–April 24, 2026		PBT	Varies/Untimed	June 2026	
B.E.S.T. Writing	Grades 4–10	March 30–April 10, 2026		CBT2	120 minutes5	June 2026	
FCLE	Students enrolled in associated courses	March 30–May 29, 2026		CBT2	160 minutes5	Immediately following test completion	
VPK FAST PM3	Students enrolled in VPK	The last 30 days of the program or school year		CBT	10–20 minutes	Immediately following test completion	
FAST PM3	Kindergarten ELA Reading	April 13–May 29, 20268		CBT2	10–20 minutes	Immediately following test completion	
FAST PM3	Grades 1–2 ELA Reading	April 13–May 29, 20268		CBT2	15–20 minutes	Immediately following test completion	
FAST PM3	Kindergarten –Grade 2 Mathematics	April 13–May 29, 20268		CBT2	20–30 minutes	Immediately following test completion	
FAST PM3	Grades 3–10 ELA Reading	May 1–May 29, 2026		CBT2	120 minutes3	Immediately following test completion	
FAST PM3	Grades 3–5 Mathematics	May 1–May 29, 2026		CBT2	100 minutes3	Immediately following test completion	
FAST PM3	Grades 6–8 Mathematics	May 1–May 29, 2026		CBT2	120 minutes3	Immediately following test completion	
Algebra 1, Geometry, Biology 1, Civics, and U.S. History EOCs	Students enrolled in associated courses	May 1–29, 2026		CBT2	160 minutes3	Immediately following test completion	
Statewide Science 	Grades 5 and 8	May 1–29, 2026		CBT2	120 minutes3	Immediately following test completion	
1 K–2 FAST assessments for PM1 must be administered within the first 30 instructional days of the school year. 
2 Paper-based accommodations (e.g., regular print, large print, braille, one-item-per-page) for computer-based tests are available to eligible students if indicated as an accommodation on an IEP or Section 504 plan.
3 Any student who has not completed the session by the end of the allotted time may continue working; however, testing must be completed within the same school day.
4 The FAA Datafolio is designed for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities for whom participation in the general statewide assessment or the FAA Performance Task is inappropriate, even with accommodations.
5 Any student who has not completed the test by the end of the allotted time may continue working up to half the length of a typical school day.
6 The FAA Performance Task is designed for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities for whom participation in the general statewide assessment is inappropriate, even with accommodations.
7 Each district must choose to administer the ACT, CLT, or SAT. Complete the row for the assessment chosen by your district and then change the background for the assessment not chosen to gray and leave the district window cell blank.
8 K–2 FAST assessments for PM3 must be administered within the last 30 instructional days of the school year.

4. Statewide Assessments for SELECT Students
The following assessments are only intended for selected students/students in certain sub-groups. The FDOE will complete this section with the applicable statewide assessments. Districts should then populate the District Window column for the assessments in the table below but should not modify any FDOE-provided information. If an assessment is not being administered in your district, indicate “N/A” in the District Window column. 
Because the tests included in this section are not administered to all students or, in some cases, are optional for students, the testing time for these tests should not be included in the total testing time calculated in Section 6.
Assessment	Students to Be Tested3	Statewide Window	District Window	Mode	Testing Time	Results Expected	
FAST Grade 10 ELA Reading Retake		September 8–October 3, 2025		CBT1	120 minutes2	Immediately following test completion	
Algebra 1, Geometry, Biology 1, Civics, and U.S. History EOCs		September 8–October 3, 2025		CBT1	160 minutes2	Immediately following test completion	
FAA—Performance Task4 Grade 10 ELA and
Algebra 1 EOC Makeup		September 22–October 10, 2025		PBT	Varies/Untimed	December 2025	
PSAT/NMSQT	Grade 10	October 2025		PBT	134 minutes	January 2026	
PreACT	Grade 10	October 2025–April 2026		PBT	150 minutes	Approximately 2 weeks after testing	
NAEP Reading & Mathematics	Select grades 4 & 8 students	January–March 2026		CBT	120 minutes	Fall 2026	
NAEP Civics & U.S. History	Select grade 8 students	January–March 2026		CBT	120 minutes	Spring 2027	
FAST Grade 10 ELA Reading Retake		December 1–19, 2025		CBT1	120 minutes2	Immediately following test completion	
Algebra 1, Geometry, Biology 1, Civics, and U.S. History EOCs		December 1–19, 2025		CBT1	160 minutes2	Immediately following test completion	
ACCESS for ELLs	Grades K–12 currently classified as ELL with “LY” code	January 19–March 13, 2026		PBT	Kindergarten: 45 minutes
Grades 1–12: 105–245 minutes (varies by grade-level/tier)	June 2026	
Alternate ACCESS	Grades K–12 with significant cognitive disabilities and currently classified as ELL with “LY” code	January 19–March 13, 2026		PBT	120 minutes	June 2026	
FAST Grade 10 ELA Reading Retake		May 1–29, 2026		CBT1	120 minutes2	Immediately following test completion	
FAST Grade 10 ELA Reading Retake		July 13–24, 2026		CBT1	120 minutes2	Immediately following test completion	
Algebra 1, Geometry, Biology 1, Civics, and U.S. History EOCs		July 13–24, 2026		CBT1	160 minutes2	Immediately following test completion	
1 Paper-based accommodations (e.g., regular print, large print, braille, one-item-per-page) for computer-based tests are available to eligible students if indicated as an accommodation on an IEP or Section 504 plan.
2 Any student who has not completed the session by the end of the allotted time may continue working; however, testing must be completed within the same school day.
2 If indicated, “applicable students” relates to the sub-group(s) of students who may take that assessment; it does not indicate that all students throughout the state in that sub-group will take that assessment. Assessments for which no applicable student group is listed are available to students as needed but are not limited to any specific sub-group.
4 The FAA—Performance Task is designed for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities for whom participation in the general statewide assessment is inappropriate, even with accommodations.

5. District-Required Assessment Information
Complete the table below with assessments that are required for all schools in the district. 
Assessment	Students to Be Tested	District Window	Mode	Testing Time	Results Expected	

						

6. Estimates of Total Testing Time by Grade Level 
Estimates of average time for administering state-required and district-required assessments (listed in Sections 3 and 5 above) by grade level. Subject-based assessments should be included with the grade level to which they are most likely to be administered (e.g., Biology 1 with grade 9).
Grade Level	Statewide Assessments1	District Assessments1	Approximate Total Testing Time (In Minutes)	
	Range of Minutes	Median Number of Minutes	% Net Instructional Time2	Range of Minutes	Median Number of Minutes	% Net Instructional Time2		
VPK	30–60	45	0.10%					
K	90–150	120	0.28%					
1	95–150	122.5	0.28%					
2	105–150	127.5	0.30%					
3	560	560	1.30%					
4	680	680	1.26%					
5	840	840	1.56%					
1 In accordance with Senate Bill 2524 § 45 (Chapter 2022-154, § 45, Laws of Florida), the Department must collect from each school district, by grade level, the range and median number of minutes per school year, including as a percentage of net instructional time, students in prekindergarten through grade 5 spend on district-required assessments and coordinated screening and progress monitoring and state-required assessments and coordinated screening and progress monitoring.
2 The percent net instructional time is based on 43,200 instructional minutes per school year for VPK through grade 3 and on 54,000 instructional minutes per school year for grades 4 through 5, per s. 1011.61, F.S.

Grade Level	Statewide Assessments	District Assessments	Approximate Total Testing Time (In Minutes)	
6	740			
7	900			
8	900			
9	740			
10	580			
11	160+175/120/1341			
12	160			
1 The amount of time for grade 11 statewide assessments will depend on whether a district selects ACT, CLT, or SAT. If ACT, use 335 minutes (160 + 175) for the grade 11 Statewide Assessments cell. If CLT, use 280 minutes (160 + 120) for the grade 11 Statewide Assessments cell. If SAT, use 294 minutes (160 + 134) for the grade 11 Statewide Assessments cell.