George Washington Carver Elementary School 3RD Grade FSA ...

[Pages:22]George W. Carver Elementary School Understanding 3rd Grade Assessments

November 14, 2018 Third Grade Team Ms. Lembke: Room 12 Ms. Black: Room 13 Mrs. Kaddour: Room 14 Mrs. Angulo: Room 15 SPED Resource: Mrs. Marchan ESOL Resource: Ms. O. Gonzalez

Agenda

? Promotion Requirements ? What is the FSA? ? Understanding the scores ? FSA Testing Dates ? FSA Test Length and Sessions ? How will the FSA be scored? ? What will the FSA look like? ? How can I help my child at home?

3rd Grade Promotion Requirements/ Alternative Assessments

? All 3rd Grade Students will take the ELA/Math FSA (Reading April 3-12, 2019 ) and (Math May 6-14, 2019) ? Students must receive a Level 2 or higher to pass

3rd Grade Reading Portfolio (Administered from January 22 -May 3, 2019) ? Administered during the 2nd semester ? All 3rd grade students will complete portfolio ? Student must demonstrate mastery of each benchmark

Alternative Standardized Reading Assessment (ASRA) (Administered from May 20 ? June 6, 2019) ? Participants: Students scoring a Level 1 on the ELA FSA and that did not pass Grade 3 Reading Portfolio

Alternative Assessment for Grade 3 Promotion ? Participants: Students scoring a Level 1 on the ELA FSA and did not pass the Grade 3 Reading Portfolio or ASRA ? Mandatory summer school ? Reassessed in July for possible promotion/Final reading test administered during the last week of summer school.

Third Grade Portfolio Assessment

Third Grade Portfolio Assessment

The Portfolio Assessment is an alternative standardized reading assessment that provides teachers with tools and resources which may be used to document evidence of a student's mastery of the third-grade ELA standards.

? Test Administration Window: January

through May

? Third Grade Portfolio will be used as

Good Cause Promotion Criteria

? Your child will start Portfolio

Assessment in January and a letter with all dates will be sent home with your child.

About the FSA

The Florida Standards Assessments (FSA) is an assessment that

? measures student mastery based on the Common Core Standards (which is aligned with

instruction).

? was designed to measure students' learning gains and progress. ? it consists of a variety of item types. ? is utilize to drive instruction and make educational decisions. ? emphasizes critical thinking.

Understanding the scores

? The success a student has achieved

with the Florida Standards will be determined by the ELA (Reading) and Mathematics FSA and is described by:

? Achievement Levels that range

from: 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest).

? Level 3 indicates a satisfactory or

an on grade level performance.

? Students must score a Level 2 or

higher to pass the FSA test.

FSA Test Schedule

English Language Arts Paper Based

2 Test Days: April 3-12, 2019

2 Test Sessions: 80 minutes each session

Mathematics Paper Based

2 Test Days: May 6-14, 2019

2 Test Sessions: 80 minutes each session

FSA Test Breakdown

ELA

Math

? Key Ideas and Details ? Language and Editing ? Integration of Knowledge and Ideas ? Craft and Structure

/urlt/G3_LanguageArts_Florida_Standards.pdf

? Operations and Algebraic Thinking ? Numbers in Base Ten ? Numbers and Operations-Fractions ? Measurement and Data ? Geometry

/urlt/G3_Mathematics_Florida_Standards.pdf

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