How Algebro Reads the B.E.S.T. Benchmarks
Every question in Algebro is written for one Florida B.E.S.T. math benchmark. This is where we show our work: FDOE's exact words for each benchmark, how we read them, and how the questions were built around them.
Last updated: October 8, 2026
Pick a grade or course
195 benchmarks across grades 6, 7, 8, Algebra 1 and Geometry, backed by 33,100 practice and quiz questions plus a separate bank of questions built to look and work like the state test.
Grade 6
FAST Grade 6 Mathematics
40 benchmarks · 8,300 practice and quiz questions
Grade 7
FAST Grade 7 Mathematics
34 benchmarks · 6,700 practice and quiz questions · 600 test-style questions
Grade 8
FAST Grade 8 Mathematics
40 benchmarks · 7,300 practice and quiz questions · 600 test-style questions
Algebra 1 (course 1200310)
B.E.S.T. Algebra 1 EOC
46 benchmarks · 6,400 practice and quiz questions · 675 test-style questions
Geometry (course 1206310)
B.E.S.T. Geometry EOC
35 benchmarks · 4,400 practice and quiz questions
Grades 3 to 5 get their pages when their question banks go live.
Why this page exists
“Aligned to B.E.S.T.” is on every product in this space, and it is hard to check. So instead of a badge, here is the whole reasoning. The FDOE text sits first, untouched, so you can judge our reading against it. Where FDOE leaves room, we say what we decided and why.
If you teach one of these benchmarks and think we read it wrong, tell me: jkorwin@algebro.ai. I build Algebro, and I read every one of those emails.
What we check before a question ships
- Every assessed benchmark has questions, and every question is filed under a real FDOE benchmark code.
- When FDOE's wording makes a graph, number line, table or figure part of the skill (“graph the function”, “given a box plot”), a set share of that benchmark's questions has to show one. When FDOE rules one out, none may.
- Assessment limits that can be checked in the text are checked, for example no ordered-pair rules on MA.8.GR.2.3.
- Every answer key, and every alternate form we accept, is run through the same grader students use. A blank answer never counts as correct.
Where the FLDOE language comes from
Florida's B.E.S.T. Standards: Mathematics
FDOE, 2020. The benchmark text, examples and clarifications for grades 6 to 8.
Test Design Summary and Blueprint: FAST Mathematics and B.E.S.T. EOCs
FDOE, updated February 5, 2025. Reporting categories and how much of each test they make up.
CPALMS, Algebra 1 (course #1200310)
The Algebra 1 benchmark text and clarifications, 2024 and beyond, as published on CPALMS.org.
CPALMS, Geometry (course #1206310)
The Geometry benchmark text and clarifications, 2024 and beyond, as published on CPALMS.org.
FAST and B.E.S.T. EOC Test Item Specifications (draft, August 2023)
FDOE writes these for test item writers and shares them with districts. They are the source of each benchmark's context, calculator designation and assessment limits.
Math symbols in FDOE's PDFs do not always copy cleanly. Every symbol on these pages was checked against the printed page.
Algebro is an independent company. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Florida Department of Education.