Third Grade FSA Parent Meeting Pinecrest Prep Academy

Agenda Reading Portfolio Assessment Information What is the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA)? FSA Information & and Testing Dates FSA Test Question Samples Achievement Levels Promotion Requirements How Can I Help My Child At Home? The Morning of the Test

Reading Portfolio Assessment The Grade 3 Reading Student Portfolio provides multiple opportunities during the second semester to gather evidence of students’ reading mastery, which may be used in promotion decisions. 15 – 20 Passages with 8 – 10 questions per passage 1 – 2 passages per week Each passage assesses multiple standards Each standard will be assessed on multiple passages Students must correctly answer at least 3 questions for each and every standard in order to be considered for promotion to 4th grade (as an alternative to FSA score). Your child will take home a Portfolio Grade Summary each week to keep your informed of their progress. Please review, initial and return to your child’s teacher the following day. Portfolio Window: January 22nd – May 3rd

What are the Florida Standards Assessments and what it their purpose? The FSA are authentic assessment that measure student mastery of grade level standards by requiring students to respond to a variety of question types such as multiple choice, multiselect and table matching. All items are scored electronically. In Reading, up to half of the questions will be “enhanced items” that will require students to support their answers. The FSA is designed to prepare Florida students for success in college, career, and in life by emphasizing critical and analytical thinking Meets high quality standards for assessment, including reliability and validity for a variety of accountability purposes

Florida Standards Assessment English Language Arts Paper Based, 56 – 60 Questions 50% Informational Text, 50% Literary Number of Words per Passage: 100 – 700 April 3rd and 4th 2 sessions- 80 minutes each Mathematics Paper Based, 60 - 64 Questions 48% Operations in Base Ten & Algebraic Thinking, 17% Fractions, 35% Measurement, Data & Geometry May 6th and 7th

Florida Standards Assessments: Grade 3 Test Question Samples Florida Standards Assessments: Grade 3

Multiple Choice The student is only allow to select only one correct answer.

Editing Task Choice Students select the correct word or phrase that should replace the underlined word, number or phrase from a set of options.

Multiselect

Table Match This item type presents options in rows and columns.

Equation Editor Students write their answers in a response grid and fill in the corresponding bubbles beneath indicating numbers and mathematical symbols

Evidence-Based Selected Response

Achievement Levels Not Passing Score Passing Score 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. Not Passing Score Passing Score

State and District Requirements for Promotion Florida Statutes § 1008.25(6), prohibits social promotion indicating that no student may be assigned to a grade level based solely on age or other factors that constitute social promotion. A student’s progression from one grade to another is based on a student’s mastery of the state standards in English language arts, mathematics, science and social sciences. The determination to promote a student will reflect teacher judgment, progress tests, classroom assignments, daily observation, standardized tests, state assessments, and other objective data. To be promoted to fourth grade, a third grade student must score a Level 2 or above on the statewide FSA-ELA or meet a good cause exemption.

Multiple Opportunities to Demonstrate Proficiency FSA Level 2 or higher Reading Portfolio Demonstrate proficiency on each and every standard i-Ready D3 Demonstrate proficiency through a minimum score Summer School Demonstrate proficiency on ITBS

Good Cause Exemptions A student who demonstrates through a student portfolio that he or she is performing at least at a Level 2 . The M-DCPS Grade 3 Reading Student Portfolio is in place for all grade three students. Students who demonstrate an acceptable level of performance on an alternative standardized reading or English Language Arts assessment approved by the State Board of Education (i-Ready in May or ITBS in July) Limited English proficient students who have less than 2 years of instruction in an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program based on the Date of Entry into a US School

Parent Resources www.fsassessments.org Use this website to read about updates, and have your child complete the practice tests in both Reading and Math. 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 20-30 minutes each day. Read different types of books and informational text with your child every night. Ask your child questions about what they read and prompt them to think critically by using text-based evidence Encourage your child to form and defend an opinion by supporting it with facts, details and reasons from text Discuss mathematical ideas with your child and have them explain these to you using pictures, graphs, etc. Have your child complete at least two i-Ready math lessons and two i- Ready reading lessons a week. Visit the Florida Standards Assessment online portal at:

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