FastBridge Family Reports

What to know

With the FastBridge Family Report, you can see your student’s performance compared to other students in their district — and across the country. The report also shows how your child’s FastBridge scores have changed over time.

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Understanding the Family Report

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Entendamos el Informe Familiar

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Glossary of important terms

Assessment

A reading or math test used to determine if a student needs help to improve their learning.

Benchmark

A score level on a test that is used to determine if a student needs additional help to improve their learning.

Computer Adaptive Test (CAT)

A test taken on a computer with questions that get easier or harder, depending on a student’s answers.

Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM)

Short tests of reading and math used to show a student’s current skills.

Formative Assessment

Any type of test that helps educators improve instruction and shows student progress.

Intervention

Extra teaching provided for students who need help in order to reach the learning goals.

Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)

The name for a method used in schools to give extra help to all students who need it.

Norms

Scores that show typical student performance at low, medium, and high levels.

Percentile

A type of norm score that shows the percentage of students in a group who scored at or below your child’s score. The lowest value is 1 and the highest is 99.

Progress Monitoring

Short weekly tests that a student takes to see progress. This is used when a student participates in an intervention.

Universal Screening

Short tests that all students take three times a year. Teachers use screening scores to learn which students need extra help. Also called Screening.

FastBridge Family Report FAQs

What is FastBridge?

FastBridge includes assessments for reading, math, and social emotional behavior (SEB) that help teachers understand what students know and how to guide instruction. Educators use these assessments throughout the year to identify learning needs, monitor progress, and adjust instruction to support each student’s growth.

What does FastBridge measure? What subjects are available for FastBridge?

FastBridge measures a student’s current skills in reading and math.

Can FastBridge assessment scores tell me if my student is performing at grade level?

Grade level doesn’t mean the same thing in every state, or even every district. The specific skills taught at each grade level can be different across districts and states. The FastBridge Family Report shows how your child’s score compares with students in the same school district as well as the nation.

FastBridge includes both district and national comparisons so that teachers and parents can compare a student’s score with other students who receive the same instruction as well as with those who might receive different instruction in the same grade level.

What does FastBridge do with my student’s information? Is it secure?

FastBridge uses the best available internet security so that your child’s information will be private. Your child’s information can be seen only by the current teacher and those school officials with a legal right to see it. Your child’s scores are never shared with other teachers, parents, or students. Read the Student Assessment Data, and Student Privacy Pledge sections of our Privacy Policy to learn more.

What can I do at home with my student?

To learn more about how to support a student’s preparation for a FastBridge assessment, the teacher is the best source of guidance on what can be done at home.

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