1. Sawgrass Bay Elementary School
Florida Standards Assessment Parent Night English Language Arts 3rd Grade
Sawgrass Bay Elementary School

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

3. What will the FSA look like for my child?
English Language Arts
2 Test Days
April 10th & 11th
2 Test Sessions
80 minutes each session
Session 1: 31
Session 32: 60
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.

4. FSA English Language Arts Test Breakdown
15-25%
Key Ideas and Details
Language
and Editing
20-30%
Integration of
Knowledge and Ideas
25-35%
Craft and Structure

5. FSA Questions Types English Language Arts Multiple Choice Items
Two Part Multiple Choice
Multi-Select Items
Open Response Items
Multi-Part Items
Editing Tasks

6. What does the FSA look like??
English Language Arts
Stop and review the FSA Sample Reading Test to review question types.

7. Florida Standards Assessment Portal

10. Reading Passages

12. Multiple choice
Then click “Yes, start my test

13. Two part multiple choice

15. Open response

16. Multi select question

17. Editing task

18. What can I do at home? Use Technology. Read together EVERY night.
Ask you child questions.
Make sure your child is using TEXT EVIDENCE.
Review your child’s homework.
Read with your child EVERY night, at least min. Read different types of books and informational text with your child.
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.

19. Before the FSA… The night before the FSA: The morning of the FSA:
Make sure your child gets enough sleep.
The morning of the FSA:
Eat a normal breakfast.
Talk your child.
Arrive at school early.

20. Questions. Email me at motylm@lake. k12. fl
Questions? me at Additional resources can be found on the school website on the Literacy Coach page.