1. Florida Standards Assessment Parent Night
Mrs. Rivera
Mater Academy Elementary School
February 8, 2017 – Room 318

2. What is the Florida Standards Assessment? “The FSA”
A test that was designed to serve Florida students by measuring education gains and progress.
Information from the assessment is used to drive student instruction.

3. Testing Dates
March 27 through March 31-- ELA FSA Assessment **(Paper Based Test) April 10 through April 14-- Math FSA Assessment **(Computer Based Test) FSA Makeup Assessments--TBA

4. How will the FSA affect my child? 4th Grade Promotion
Must receive a Level 2 (or higher to pass)
Pass
the
FSA
Administered during the 3rd semester
All 3rd grade students will complete portfolio
Administered in a span of several weeks.
Student must demonstrate mastery of each benchmark
Portfolio
Administered the last 2 weeks of school
Participants:
Students scoring a Level 1 on the FSA
Students without a passing reading portfolio
ASRA
If a student does not show mastery of third grade content, as demonstrated by scoring a level 2 on the Reading FSA in Third Grade, the student will be retained.

5. Administered during the 3rd semester
If a student’s reading deficiency is not remedied by the end of third grade, as demonstrated by scoring at level 2 on the FSA in reading for grade 3 the student must be retained.
Exemptions
Portfolio:
Administered during the 3rd semester
All 3rd grade students will complete portfolio
Administered in a span of several weeks. Students will complete one passage each week.
The SECOND opportunity for a student to be promoted to grade 4,
The student must demonstrate mastery of each benchmark.
ASRA:
Administered the last 2 weeks of school
Participants are…
Students scoring a level 1
Students without a passing reading portfolio
Represents the 3rd opportunity within the school year prior to retention

6. Which tests will my child take? How long is the FSA?
English Language Arts and Listening
2 Test Days
2 Test Sessions
80 minutes each session
Session 1: 28 items
Session 2: 31 items
Mathematics
Session 1: 32 items
Four total test days.
Recommend that students are here ON TIME each test day.
Make up days are available, but students will be testing in an unknown setting, with an unknown proctor.
Tests are broken up into two sessions each and are TIMED. Unless the student is ESOL levels 1-4) in which they will have extended time. Other students may receive accommodations on a case by case basis.

7. FSA English Language Arts Test Breakdown
Key Ideas and Details
15-25%
and Editing
Language
Knowledge and Ideas
Integration of
20-30%
Craft and Structure
25-35%
Please refer to Language Arts Florida Standards (LAFS)
Grade 3 Handout for more information.

8. FSA Mathematics Test Breakdown
Fractions
17%
Measurement, Data, and Geometry
35%
Operation, Algebraic Thinking, and Numbers in Base 10
48%
Please refer to Mathematics Florida Standards (MAFS)
Grade 3 Handout for more information.

9. Questions Types There are six different question types on the FSA:
Multiple Choice
Multi-Select: More than one answer should be chosen.
Two part questions: two questions pertaining to the same topic.
Open Response: 1-3 sentences (Just enough to answer the question and support it from the text)
Hot Text: highlights the sentence
Graphics: interacting with the text

10. Example FSA ELA Questions

11. Example FSA ELA Questions

12. Example FSA ELA Questions
Main Idea:
PART A:
Select the statement that is the main idea of the article.
PART B:
Select the sentence from the article that supports your answer.
Character Traits:
Part A:
How does the main character feel in the paragraph below?
Part B:
Select the sentences that show this feeling.

13. Example FSA ELA Questions
2 PART and HOT TEXT
2 part have PART A and PART B
Part A:
How does the main character, Eddie, feel in the paragraph below?
“Juice should be orange, purple, or red” Mary said. “It’s definitely not supposed to be green!” He knew his sister might have to be coaxed into trying the new drink. “This will be something new” Eddie told her. “It’s fun to try new things.”
 angry
 Adventurous
 Confused
 Frustrated
Part B:
Which sentences show this feeling? (Hot Text)
Juice should be orange, purple, or red” Mary said. “It’s definitely not supposed to be green!” He knew his sister might have to be coaxed into trying the new drink. “This will be something new Eddie told her. “It’s fun to try new things.”

14. Example FSA Math Questions

15. Example FSA Math Questions
Tom planted 5 rows of flowers with 7 flowers in each row. Write a multiplication equation that shows the number of flowers in Tom’s rectangular shaped garden?
(Equation Response)
Tom told Mary he planted 48 flowers in the rectangular- shaped garden. Select the correct sentence Mary could use to describe how the flowers were planted?
(Multiple Choice Response)

16. Florida Standard Assessment Portal

17. What are we doing to help your child?
Weekly lab time to complete i-Ready
Differentiated Instruction
Modeling and sharing activities to practice the skills and question types on the test.
FSA Tutoring Program
Weekly Interventions
-i-Ready is a program that we have been using this school year to help bridge the gap in foundational skills in math and reading
-In class interventions that include: differentiated instruction – small groups and WonderWorks
-Students have a lot of modeling, and sharing activities – such as task cards to practice the skills and tests we have created to familiarize students with question types
--FSA Tutoring program-Reading and Math
-Morning Tutoring computer lab time (extra math practice

18. Read together EVERY night.
What can I do at home?
Use Technology.
Read together EVERY night.
Use FSA Task Cards.
Ask you child questions.
Make sure your child is using TEXT EVIDENCE.
Review multiplication and division tables.
Review your child’s homework.
-Reading and comprehension questions can be in English OR Spanish.
Use technology to help reinforce skills being taught in the classroom. Make sure that they are completing their ReadingPlus sessions! Studies show that students who complete 40 SeeReader sessions of ReadingPlus at a Level C (grade level) will be successful on the FSA.
Read with your child EVERY night, at least min. Read different types of books and informational text with your child.
Use the FSA Task cards to ask them questions about what is being read.
Ask your child questions about what he or she is learning in class. Ask your child to find answers to questions in the text of books, newspaper articles, manuals, etc.
Make sure you child is going back into the text to answer reading comprehension questions.
Review the TIMES TABLES and DIVISION TABLES daily. You can practice in the car, at breakfast, at the store.

19. Make sure your child gets enough sleep.
What do we do…
The night before the FSA:
Make sure your child gets enough sleep.
The morning of the FSA:
Eat a normal breakfast.
Bring a dry snack.
Talk to your child with POSITIVE PRAISE.
Arrive at school early.

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