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Session Agenda
• What is the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA)?
• FSA Testing Dates
• FSA Test Length, Sessions, and Times
• Achievement Levels
• Promotion Requirements
• FSA Test Item Specifications
• How Can I Help My Child At Home?
What is the Florida Standards Assessment?
• The FSA is an authentic assessment that includes more than just multiple choice questions.
• Students will be expected to respond to multiple choice questions, create graphs, write and respond in different ways than on other traditional tests.
• The FSA will prepare Florida students for success in college, career, and in life by emphasizing analytical thinking.
• Measures student mastery of standards taught
• Meets high quality standards for assessment, including reliability and validity for a variety of accountability purposes
• Emphasizes critical thinking
Third Grade FSA Test Dates
English Language Arts (ELA)
ELA Session 1
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
ELA Session 2
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
ELA Make-Up Sessions:
April 2 – April 6, 2015
Mathematics
Mathematics Session 1
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Mathematics Session 2
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Mathematics Make-Up Sessions:
April 9 – April 10, 2015
*All dates are subject to change
ELA Sessions and Times
Florida Standards Assessment English Language Arts (Not Including the Writing Component)
Grade/Subject Administration Time Number of Sessions* Computer-Based in 2015
3-4 160 Minutes 2 No
5 160 Minutes 2 Yes
6-8 170 Minutes 2 Yes
*All sessions are administered over two (2) days.
Grade 3 will not be assessed in writing
ELA: Number of Test Items
Grade/Course Number of Items
3rd Grade 56-60
4th Grade 56-60
5th Grade 56-60
6th Grade 58-62
7th Grade 58-62
8th Grade 58-62
Note: Approximately 6-10 items within the Reading, Language, and Listening components listed above are experimental (field test)
items and are included in the ranges but are not included in students’ scores.
ELA: Number of Words per Passage
Grade Level Number of Words
3rd Grade 100-700
4th Grade 100-900
5th Grade 200-1,000
6th Grade 200-1,100
7th Grade 300-1,100
8th Grade 350-1,200
The length and complexity of texts should vary within each grade-level assessment. The table below
suggests an approximate word count range for a text or text set.
Mathematics: Sessions and Times
Florida Standards Assessment Mathematics
Grade/Subject Administration Time Number of Sessions* Computer-Based in 2015
3-4 160 Minutes 2 No
5 160 Minutes 2 Yes
6-8 180 Minutes 3 Yes
*All sessions are administered over two (2) days.
FSA Achievement Levels
• The success a student has achieved with the Florida Standards will be
assessed by FSA ELA and Mathematics assessments and is described by
Achievement Levels that range from 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest).
• Level 3 indicates satisfactory performance.
• The level of performance required to score in each Achievement Level will
be established prior to the Spring 2016 test administration.
Third Grade Promotion Requirements F.S.1008.25
To be promoted to fourth grade, a third-grade student must score a Level 2 or above on the statewide FSA-ELA.
Will students scoring a Level 1 on the grade 3 statewide FSA-ELA be retained?
• Third grade is the only grade at which there is state-mandated retention for public school students
• Florida Statute 1008.25 (5), requires that any third-grade student scoring Level 1 on the grade 3 statewide FSA-ELA be retained
• Some students may qualify for a good cause exemption and may be promoted to fourth grade
What promotion options are available to grade 3 students who have not achieved a Level 2 or above on the statewide FSA-ELA?
• Students who demonstrate an acceptable level of performance on a state-approved alternative standardized Reading or English Language Arts assessment
• Students who demonstrate, through the Third Grade Portfolio Assessment, that he or she is performing at least at Level 2 on targeted standards
Third Grade Portfolio Assessment
• More information will be communicated by the Florida Department of
Education (FLDOE) in February 2015
• Test Administration Window: February through May 2015
• FLDOE has not announced the targeted assessed standards
• Third Grade Portfolio will be used as Good Cause Promotion Criteria
Editing Task Choice
Overall Task Description
• Includes a three- or four-paragraph passage with five to six grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.
• The first and the last sentences in the passage will not include errors.
• Students will edit the passage for grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.
• The word(s) or phrases to be edited will be indicated by a highlight in the passage.
Editing Tasks with Choices (ETCs)
• Students will select the correct edit from
the options.
• One of the options will be the word or
phrase as it appears in the paragraphs.
• The other options should contain
common usage errors—errors authentic
to student work.
Evidence-Based Selected Response
Overall Task Description
• In this two-part item, the student is directed to select the correct answers from Part A and Part B.
• Typically Part A is multiple-choice, whereas Part B may be either multiple-choice or multiselect.
• Part A often asks the student to make an analysis or an inference, and Part B requires the student to use the text to support the answer in Part A.
Sample Test Item
Graphic Response Item Display (GRID)
Overall Task Description
• Requires student to model how
parts of a text interact with each
other.
• Requires the student to choose
key details or events into the
correct order to recount or
describe the text.
Sample Test Item
Multimedia
Overall Task Description
• Content may include multimedia
elements such as audio clips,
slideshows, or animations.
• Multimedia elements may be
presented when appropriate.
Sample Test Item
Multiselect
Overall Task Description
• The student is directed to select
all (or a specific number) of the
correct answers from among a
number of options.
• These items are different from
multiple-choice items, which allow
the student to select only one
correct answer.
Sample Test Item
Open Response
Overall Task Description
• Requires the student to describe in words using
explicit or implicit information from the text as
support.
• Requires the student to state details from the text
that can be used to support the central idea,
lesson, or moral of the passage.
• Requires the student to draw an inference about
characters and their actions or events in words and
support the inference with details from the text.
• Requires the student to provide details from the
text to describe a character and his/her actions or
an event, and determine how these descriptions or
events affect the text.
Sample Test Item
Hot Text and Two-Part Hot Text
Overall Task Description • Requires the student to select words and phrases
from different texts that demonstrate how the author treats themes and patterns of events.
• Requires the student to select words or phrases from the text that explicitly state the main idea.
• The student must fully synthesize multiple texts to determine how each passage is similar or different. The student must then provide textual evidence to support the selected answer [Two-Part Hot Text].
• Requires the student to select the main idea from the choices and then to select words or phrases from the text to support the selected main idea [Two-Part Hot Text].
Sample Test Item
Parent Resources
• www.fldoe.org
• www.justreadflorida.com
• www.FCRR.org
• www.fsassessments.org
• www.bealearninghero.org
• www.raisethebarparents.org
• www.achievethecore.org
How Can I Help My Child at Home?
Ask your child about their school day and visit their teacher’s website on a daily basis
Help infuse what is being learned in class at home
READ with your child at least 30 minutes each day. Students can then use books read at home to take tests at school using the Accelerated Reader (AR) program
Ask your child questions about what they read and prompt them to think critically by using text-based evidence
Use Digital Resources:• Power School• Discovery Education• Study Island• Think Central