ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Standards Assessment tests continued Tuesday, despite Monday's debacle with student log-in problems.
Many districts had to reschedule the tests.
FSA replaced the FCAT this year.
"Most of the students were confused, some just left the class," Boone High School student Markus Fails said.
One student took to social media, tweeting: "Spend the whole night studying and getting prepared for the algebra 2 EOC all stressed and it gets cancelled."
Florida Education Commissioner Pam Stewart blamed the problems on American Institutes for Research, the outside company the state hired to put together the state's new standardized test.
AIR officials accepted blame for the problems, saying it was "human error" that led to the problems.
Stewart said during a Monday conference call with school superintendents that the company made unapproved changes to the testing system over the weekend. She called the actions by AIR "unacceptable."
This is yet another major disruption that has occurred with the new test. The initial rollout back in March was marred by technical glitches and reports of an alleged cyberattack. The test, called the Florida Standards Assessment, is based primarily on Common Core standards.
"I think it's egregious to try to hold children responsible for the results of the test when it's obviously a flawed process," Fund Education Now founder Kathleen Oropeza said.
Oropeza and her group, along with the Florida PTA, are calling for Gov. Rick Scott to intervene and not count the test results against the students.
Stewart contended that problems have been fixed and that districts can resume testing.
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