Project-In-Parts
Part 1: Assessment Analysis
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Part A: General Information
(a) Title of the Test: FastBridge
(b) Test Publisher Illuminate Education
(c) Test Publication Date: 2021
(d) Available Forms of the Test:
(e) Training for Test Administration and Scoring: Webinars
(f) Test Expenses: The FastBridge system is provided to customers through an annual subscription that is priced on a per student basis. The subscription rate for school year 2020–21 is $7.50 per student.
Part B: Purposes, Uses and Item Selection
(a) Type of Test (Aptitude, Achievement or Personality): Reading Fluency
(b) Test Uses: The FastBridge aReading assessment is a computer-adaptive test that assesses the full range of reading skills from kindergarten through grade 12. By employing an adaptive test algorithm, the aReading test accurately estimates each student’s reading ability across the full range of abilities in each grade. It is intended as a universal screener to identify students at risk for academic delays and to provide results that help educators tailor instruction for each student’s needs. For a detailed description of the development and content coverage of aReading, see the FastBridge Assessments Content Description and Use Guide (Illuminate Education, Inc. 2020).
(c) Educational Objectives, Instructional Standards, or Human Behavior Domains
Baseline screener for RTI placement and progress monitoring, according to the Fastbridge website “Our Common Core-aligned CBM probes apply cutting-edge research and development on conditional probability. The FAST Projection™ line uses our patent-pending algorithm to deliver actionable data in half the time as other systems. As a result, educators can make modifications to instruction earlier and accelerate student learning faster.”
