Man on the street: FSA replacement

MAN ON THE STREET

FSA REPLACEMENT

For many students in Florida when they think of state tests, they think of the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA). This year that might change. Governer Ron DeSantis is planning to eliminate the FSA and replace it with ‘progress monitoring.’ He also adds that this year will be the last for annual tests. This change will affect mostly sophomores, but freshmen and juniors also have strong opinions.

Briana Galarza, freshman

“FSA testing stresses out students and should not determine how well the students understand the curriculum. Students crack under pressure and might get bad scores but have good grades so this change will be good.”

Jada Knight, sophomore

“I think that's a good idea especially because state testing tends to cause stress in students.”

Madison Jockers, sophomore

“I think having progress checks throughout the year is better than having one big test at the end of the school year because it will be a lot less stressful for students and teachers.”

Rachel Weiss, junior

“It [the progress check] will put less stress on everyone turning test season. Also possibly make us feel less judged for a score on a standardized test, that isn't that big of a deal in the long run especially if some people don't test well.”

Maya Levinstein, junior

“I wouldn't mind no state testing, because some people don't really test well or they get nervous, so it doesn't make sense to test us all on the same thing and then measure our intelligence based on that.”

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BY AVA KUZNIK

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