1. Third Grade FSA Parent Meeting
Pinecrest Prep Academy
MRS. Ana diaz

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

3. 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

4. FSA Test Dates and Information
English Language Arts
Paper Based, 56 – 64 Questions
Number of Words per Passage:
April 17-18
2 sessions- 80 minutes each
Mathematics
Computer Based, Questions
May 9-10

5. 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.

6. 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 (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
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.
Good Cause Exemptions
Portfolio-
Administered during the 2nd semester
All 3rd grade students will complete portfolio
Administered in a span of several weeks. Students will complete one passage each week.
It is the 2nd opportunity for a student to be promoted to grade 4
Student must demonstrate mastery of each benchmark
Alternative Standardized Reading Assessment (ASRA)-
Administered the last 2 weeks of school
Participants
-Students scoring a level 1
-Students without a passing reading portfolio
Represents the 3rd opportunity within the school year prior to retention

7. Good Cause Exemptions
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
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

8. Third Grade Portfolio Assessment
Test Administration Window: End of January through May 2018
The Grade 3 Reading Student Portfolio is used to gather information on students’ Reading proficiency on the English Language Arts benchmarks assessed on the Florida Standards Assessment. The portfolio provides multiple opportunities during the second semester to compile evidence of students’ reading mastery, which may be used in promotion decisions.
Grade 3 students who did not achieve the required minimum score on the Florida Standards Assessment but have three acceptable demonstrations on each English Language Arts benchmark may be promoted to grade 4.
Third Grade Portfolio will be used as Good Cause Promotion Criteria

9. Third Grade Portfolio Assessment
Your child will take home a Portfolio Grade Summary each week, please review, initial and return to your child’s teacher the following day.
Students have to have 3 acceptable demonstrations per standard.

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

11. Editing Task Choice

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

13. Evidence-Based Selected Response

14. Multiselect

15. Parent Resources www.fldoe.org www.justreadflorida.com www.FCRR.org

16. 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 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:
Use this website to read about updates, and have your child complete the training tests in both Reading and Math.

18. Questions?