1. The Florida Standards: What Every Parent Should Know Lawton Chiles Middle School Bernice Delgado, Language Arts Department Chair Nelson Izquierdo, Principal Ilia Molina, Assistant Principal

2. Improving Instruction Today: Preparing for Tomorrow

3. What are the Florida Standards? What are the benefits of the Florida Standards? What is the design of the FSA English Language Arts (ELA) Assessments? Who is impacted by the standards change? When will students in Lawton Chiles take the FSA? Where can you find additional information? Intended Outcomes:

4. Why New Standards? Preparing Students to be College and Career Ready College Ready Ready for credit bearing course work upon entrance into college Career Ready Ready for jobs that make them competitive in the global workplace

5. Why Florida Standards Matter The goal is to ensure Florida’s students graduate high school ready for success in college, career and life. In order to prepare our students for success and make them competitive in the global workplace, we must provide them with a set of clear, consistent and strong academic standards. The Florida Standards will equip our students with the knowledge and skills they need to be ready for careers and college-level coursework. Having the best and highest academic standards for our students today will prepare them for the jobs of tomorrow.

6. Lack of Clarity “Write for a variety of purposes.” “Respond to variety of literary/informational texts.” Why did we need a change?

7. Inconsistencies Different districts set different learning targets Different classrooms learning different topics We must expect high achievement from all students in all classrooms Florida chose to include more standards than those outlined in Common Core Why did we need a change?

8. New Tests for New Standards With new, more rigorous standards in place to help Florida students succeed, the FCAT 2.0 no longer serves the purpose of measuring student progress and achievement. The Florida Standards Assessments (FSA) will measure student mastery of the newly adopted Florida Standards through a variety of item types.

9. What is Different about the Florida ELA Standards Assessments? Assesses the higher expectations of the Florida Standards Provides a basis for comparing Florida performance to that of other states Emphasizes analytical thinking Provides a more authentic assessment through a variety of item formats Increased complexity of texts Critical reading and writing infused across all curricular areas

10. Preparation: The Florida Standards will prepare students for both college and the workplace and emphasizes higher-order skills instead of knowledge and recall. Benefits of Florida Standards

11. Competition: The Florida Standards have been influenced by internationally-benchmarked standards, ensuring that our students are prepared to be competitive in the global job market. Benefits of Florida Standards

12. Clarity: The standards are focused, coherent, and clear. Everyone knows what is expected of our students. Benefits of Florida Standards

13. Collaboration: Florida Standards will be a foundation for teachers across districts to work together from the same blueprints. This will facilitate the sharing of best practices. Benefits of Florida Standards

14. http://www.fsassessments.org/ We strongly encourage parents and students to access the Writing and Reading sample practice tests provided by the state.

15. Florida Standards Assessment Test Design English Language Arts/Literacy Text-based Writing

16. 1)6-12: Building Knowledge in the Disciplines 2)Staircase of Complexity 3)Text-based Answers 4)Writing from Multiple Sources 5)Academic Vocabulary Shifts in English Language Arts

17. Attention to Text Complexity Emphasis on Student Tasks (especially writing) Responsibility for Reading & Writing Instruction - Every Teacher, Every Subject, Every Day! Instructional CHANGES

18. Florida Standards Assessment Test Design English Language Arts/Literacy Reading Editing Task Items Multiple Choice Items Multi-select Items Two-part Items Hot Text Items Open Response Items Graphic Response Items (GRID) Open Response Items

19. Text-based Writing

20. Middle School Test Design

21. Editing Task Item

22. Text with a Series of Questions

24. Audio Multiple-Choice Item

25. Multi-Select Items

26. Two-Part Items

27. Hot Text Items

28. Graphic Response Item (GRID)

29. Open Response Item

30. Florida Standards Assessment Summaries

31. Florida Standards Assessment Format 31 Paper-based accommodated exams will consist of multiple-choice, multiselect, and gridded-response questions. Computer-based exams will consist of multiple- choice, multiselect, and technology- enhanced questions (using online tools and manipulatives).

32. FSA English Language Arts Assessments

33. FSA ELA Session Timing 33 The FSA ELA includes the Text-Based Writing Component, administered separately from the rest of FSA ELA to allow time for handscoring; will be reported as part of a single ELA score. Headphones are required for all students for Grades 5- 11 ELA listening items (CBT). External keyboards are strongly recommended.

34. FSA ELA – Writing Component ONLY 34 *All students (PBT and CBT) receive a planning sheet. **Students may have an additional 30 minutes, if needed. GradeNumber of Items Number of Sessions Number of Days Administration Mode/Test Materials* TOTAL Testing Time** 61 prompt11PBTPBT90 minutes 71 prompt11PBTPBT90 minutes 81 prompt11CBTCBT90 minutes

35. FSA ELA Writing Component For responding to text-based prompts: Spell check – NO Bold Italics Underline Remove formatting Insert/remove numbered list Insert/remove bulleted list Decrease indent Cut, copy, paste, undo, redo Insert special character 35

36. FSA ELA Reading Component 30 GradeNumber of Items Number of Sessions Number of Days Administration Mode in 2015/ Test Materials TOTAL Testing Time 658–6222CBT with worksheet170 minutes 758–6222CBT with worksheet170 minutes 858–6222CBT with worksheet170 minutes

37. Florida Standards Assessment Timeline & Dates

38. General FSA Timeline

39. FSA ELA Lawton Chiles Middle School Timeline FSA Writing component Grades 6 and 7 Paper based test March 3 rd (Make Ups March 4 th ) Grade 8 C omputer based test (New Typing required) March 3 rd (Make Ups March 4 th ) FSA Reading component Grades 6 -8 Computer based test (ALL Grades Levels) April 13 – May 8

40. Informational Resources CPALMS http://www.cpalms.org/Public/ FLDOE Assessment Website http://www.fldoe.org/asp/ FSA Portal http://www.fsassessments.org/ Typing Practice http://typingweb.com