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FSA testing halted today because of computer problems, schools say

Broward and Palm Beach counties have suspended administering the computerized Florida Standards Assessment today due to problems with state servers.

Both districts say there are problems with test administrators logging in. It appears to be a statewide problem, based on an email districts received from the state Department of Education.

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Florida students could not log into the system to take the state's standardized math or reading exams, school officials said. The problem was with the server run by testing contractor, American Institutes for Research, or AIR, officials said.