Babcock Neighborhood School



According to Section 1008.22(7)(c), Florida Statutes (F.S.), and State Board of Education Rule 6A-1.094224, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C), each school district must complete this uniform calendar with district-required assessment information, publish the calendar to the district website, and provide it to the Department by October 1 of each school year, beginning in 2016–17. Districts must provide completed calendars to schools and include the calendar in their parent guides. In addition, each school must publish the completed calendar on its website.

The statewide assessment information in sections 3 and 4 should not be altered; however, districts may otherwise modify and populate this template to accurately indicate their assessment schedules for the school year.

1. Glossary of Assessment Terms

The following glossary includes definitions of assessment terms and explanations of acronyms used throughout this template. Districts may add rows as needed for additional glossary terms that are specific to district-required assessments. Do not modify any other information in this section.

|Acronym/Term |Definition |

|ACCESS for ELLs |Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State (ACCESS) for English Language Learners (ELLs) |

|Accommodation |Per Rule 6A-1.0943, F.A.C., “Accommodations are defined as adjustments to the presentation of the statewide standardized assessment questions, methods of recording examinee |

| |responses to the questions, scheduling for the administration of a statewide standardized assessment to include amount of time for administration, settings for administration |

| |of a statewide standardized assessment, and the use of assistive technology or devices to facilitate the student’s participation in a statewide standardized assessment.” |

|CBT |Computer-Based Test |

|Diagnostic |Assessments that measure students’ understanding of a subject area or skills base, which allow teachers and educators to evaluate student learning, focusing on strengths and |

| |areas of need |

|District Window |The selected dates within the statewide window during which a district will administer a given assessment |

|District-Required Assessments |Assessments required by the school district for students in a specific grade or course |

|ELA |English Language Arts |

|EOC |End-of-Course |

|Evaluative |Assessments that measure student proficiency at selected intervals in order to compare change over time and to compare state-level results |

|FAIR |Florida Assessments for Instruction in Reading |

|FLKRS |Florida Kindergarten Readiness Screener |

|Formative |Formative assessments are the formal and informal ways that teachers and students gather and respond to evidence of student learning. Formative assessments are part of teaching|

| |in the classroom. Formative assessments will not result in a score that will appear on a student's report card, but they serve the greater purpose of informing both students |

| |and teachers on what changes need to happen in classroom instruction to better serve the needs of individual students. |

|FSA |Florida Standards Assessments |

|FSAA |Florida Standards Alternate Assessment |

|Interim |Interim assessments are administered on a smaller scale (i.e., school or district) with results that can be used at the classroom level or aggregated at the school- or |

| |district-level. Depending on the design, interim assessments can be used to predict a student’s ability to succeed on a summative assessment, to evaluate a program, or to |

| |diagnose student learning gaps. |

|NAEP |National Assessment of Educational Progress |

|NGSSS |Next Generation Sunshine State Standards |

|PBT |Paper-Based Test |

|Progress Monitoring |Process used to determine whether a student’s academic performance is improving, at what rate it is improving, and how effective instruction has been |

|PSAT/NMSQT |Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test |

|Summative |Assessments that evaluate student mastery of Florida’s academic standards at or near the conclusion of the course of instruction |

|Statewide, Standardized Assessments |All assessments required by s. 1008.22, F.S. |

|Statewide Window |The range of dates during which districts and/or schools may choose to administer a given assessment |

|Testing Time |The amount of time individual students are each given to respond to test items on each test |

|VAM |A Value-Added Model (VAM) is used by some school districts as part of their educator evaluation system. It is also used in the approval process for teacher preparation |

| |programs, as part of the criteria for teachers to qualify for a financial award under the Florida Best and Brightest Teacher Scholarship program and as part of the criteria to |

| |extend an educator’s temporary teaching certificate. |

|VPK |Florida’s Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program |

2. Test, Type, and Purpose/Use

Add rows as needed to define district-required tests, test type, and their purpose/use in your district. If additional types are added, define applicable types in the glossary. Do not modify any other information in this section.

|Test |Type |Purpose/Required Use |Statutory Authority/Required Use Citation |

|ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 |Diagnostic |Measure English language acquisition of ELLs |s. 1003.56, F.S. |

| | | |Rule 6A-6.0902, F.A.C. |

| | | |Rule 6A-6.09021, F.A.C. |

| | | |Rule 6A-6.0903, F.A.C. |

|Alternate ACCESS for ELLs |Diagnostic |Measure English language acquisition of ELLs with significant cognitive disabilities| |

|FAIR |Diagnostic/Progress Monitoring |Provides general estimates of students’ reading ability/monitors students’ progress |s. 1008.25(4), F.S. |

| | |toward meeting grade-level skills in reading | |

|FLKRS |Diagnostic/Progress Monitoring |Determine readiness for kindergarten; used to calculate VPK Provider Kindergarten |s. 1002.69, F.S. |

| | |Readiness Rates |Rule 6M-8.601, F.A.C. |

|FSA |Summative |Purpose: Measure student achievement of Florida’s academic standards (Florida | |

| | |Standards, Next Generation Sunshine State Standards) | |

| | |Required uses: third grade retention; high school standard diploma; EOC assessments |s. 1002.38, F.S. |

| | |as 30% of course grade; school grades; school improvement rating; district grades; |s. 1003.4156, F.S. |

| | |differentiated accountability; VAM; scholar designation; Credit Acceleration |s. 1003.4282, F.S. |

| | |Program; school improvement plans; school, district, state, and federal reporting |s. 1004.04, F.S. |

| | | |s. 1004.85, F.S. |

| | | |s. 1008.22, F.S. |

| | | |s. 1008.25, F.S. |

| | | |s. 1008.33, F.S. |

| | | |s. 1008.34, F.S. |

| | | |s. 1008.341, F.S. |

| | | |s. 1012.34, F.S. |

| | | |s. 1012.56, F.S. |

| | | |s. 1012.731, F.S. |

| | | |Rule 6A-1.09422, F.A.C. |

| | | |Rule 6A-1.094221, F.A.C. |

| | | |Rule 6A-1.094222, F.A.C. |

| | | |Rule 6A-1.0943, F.A.C. |

| | | |Rule 6A-1.09432, F.A.C. |

| | | |Rule 6A-1.09981, F.A.C. |

| | | |Rule 6A-1.099811, F.A.C. |

| | | |Rule 6A-1.099822, F.A.C. |

| | | |Rule 6A-5.0411, F.A.C. |

|FSAA |Summative | | |

|NGSSS EOC |Summative | | |

|Statewide Science Assessment |Summative | | |

|NAEP |Evaluative |Measure student performance for comparison among state and national populations over|s. 1008.22, F.S. |

| | |time | |

|PreACT |Summative |Inform course placement |s. 1007.35, F.S. |

|PSAT/NMSQT |Summative |Inform course placement |s. 1007.35, F.S. |

3. Required Statewide Assessments

The following assessments are required for students as indicated in the Students to Be Tested column.

Populate the District Window column for each assessment in the table below. Do not modify any other information in this section. When calculating total test time in Section 6, do not include times for assessments indicated by grey rows, which indicate duplicate assessment windows (e.g., EOCs), assessments that take the place of another assessment, or assessments that do not have a specified testing time.

|Assessment |Students to Be Tested |Statewide Window |District |Mode |Testing Time |

| | | |Window | | |

|i-READY DIAGNOSTIC ELA |Gr K - 2 Elementary |Fall/Window 1/PM1 9/14–10-02 |CBT1 |60 minutes |10/05 –10/16 |

|(Progress Monitoring) |(All Windows) | | | | |

| | |Winter/Window 2/PM2 1/11–1/22 | | |1/26 –2/26 |

| |Gr 3 - 5 Elementary |Spring/Window 3/PM3 4/26 – 5/7 | | | |

| |Window 1/PM1 9/14–10-02 Only | | | |5/10 –6/04 |

|i-READY DIAGNOSTIC Math |Gr K - 2 Elementary |Fall/Window 1/PM1 9/14–10-02 |CBT1 |60 minutes |10/05 –10/16 |

|(Progress Monitoring) |(All Windows) | | | | |

| | |Winter/Window 2/PM2 1/11–1/22 | | |1/26 –2/26 |

| |Gr 3 - 5 Elementary |Spring/Window 3/PM3 4/26 – 5/7 | | | |

| |Window 1/PM1 9/14–10-02 Only | | | |5/10 –6/04 |

|Renaissance: Star 360 ELA |Gr K - 2 Elementary |Fall/Window 1/PM1 9/03–9/11 |CBT1 |25 minutes |9/14 –10/09 |

|(Progress Monitoring) |(All Windows) |Fall/Window 1/PM2 11/4 – 11/13 | | |11/16 – 12/11 |

| | |Winter/Window 2/PM3 1/11–1/15 | | | |

| |Gr 3 - 5 Elementary |Spring/Window 3/PM4 3/8 – 3/12 | | |1/19 –2/19 |

| |Window 1/PM1 9/03–9/11 Only |Spring/Window 3/PM5 5/3 – 5/7 | | | |

| | | | | |3/23 -4-23 |

| | | | | |5/10 –6/04 |

|Renaissance: Star 360 Math |Gr K - 2 Elementary |Fall/Window 1/PM1 9/03–9/11 |CBT1 |25 minutes |9/14 –10/09 |

|(Progress Monitoring) |(All Windows) |Fall/Window 1/PM2 11/4 – 11/13 | | |11/16 – 12/11 |

| | |Winter/Window 2/PM3 1/11–1/15 | | | |

| |Gr 3 - 5 Elementary |Spring/Window 3/PM4 3/8 – 3/12 | | |1/19 –2/19 |

| |Window 1/PM1 8/17–8/24 Only |Spring/Window 3/PM5 5/3 – 5/7 | | | |

| | | | | |3/23 -4-23 |

| | | | | |5/10 – 6/04 |

|District Writing Assessment (Progress |Gr K Elementary |Winter/Window 2/PM1 12/1-12/23 | | | 1/04 - 2/01 |

|Monitoring) | | |PBT |50 minutes | |

| | |Spring/Window 3/PM2 4/5 - 4/16 | | |4/20 – 5/21 |

| |Gr 1 - 2 Elementary |Fall/Window 1/PM1 9/14–9/25 |PBT |50 minutes |9/28 – 10/23 |

|District Writing Assessment (Progress | | | | |1/04 - 2/01 |

|Monitoring) | |Winter/Window 2/PM2 12/1–12/23 | | | |

| | |Spring/Window 3/PM3 4/5 – 4/16 | | |4/20 – 5/21 |

|District Fluency Assessment: |Gr 3 - 5 Elementary |Fall/Window 1/PM1 9/14–10/09 |PBT |50 minutes |10/12-11/06 |

|DIBELS | | | | |1/04-1/29 |

|(Progress Monitoring) | |Winter/Window 2/PM2 12/1-12/23 | | |4/1-4/30 |

| | | | | | |

| | |Spring/Window 3/PM3 3/1 – 3/31 | | | |

|ClearSight ELA: Reading and Writing |Gr 3 - 5 Elementary |Fall/Window 1/PM1 10/12–10-23 |CBT1 |100 minutes |10/26 – 11/13 |

|(Progress Monitoring) | | | | |2/16 - 3/12 |

| | |Winter/Window 2/PM2 2/01 - 2/12 | | | |

|ClearSight: Math |Gr 3 - 5 Elementary |Fall/Window 1/PM1 10/12–10-23 |CBT1 |50 minutes |10/26 – 11/13 |

|(Progress Monitoring) | | | | |2/16 - 3/12 |

| | |Winter/Window 2/PM2 2/01 - 2/12 | | | |

|District Science Assessment |Gr 3 – 4 Elementary |Fall/Window 1/PM1 9/21–10/09 |CBT1 |50 minutes |10/12-11/06 |

|USATP | | | | |2/16 – 3/12 |

|(Progress Monitoring) | |*Winter/Window 2/PM2 1/25-2/12 | | |4/12 – 5/14 |

| | |(*school-based decision) | | | |

| | | | | | |

| | |Spring/Window 3/PM3 3/22 – 4/09 | | | |

|District Science Assessment |Gr 5 Elementary |Fall/Window 1/PM1 10/19 – 10/30 |CBT1 |50 minutes |11/02 – 11/25 |

|USATP | |Winter/Window 2/PM2 2/08 - 2/26 | | |3/01 – 3/26 |

|(Progress Monitoring) | | | | | |

|Oral Language Communication (OLC) |Gr K - 5 Elementary |Fall/Window 1/PM1 9/28–10/23 |PBT |untimed |10/26-11/13 |

|(Progress Monitoring) | | | | |2/01-2/19 |

| | |Winter/Window 2/PM2 1/04-1/29 | | |4/1-4/30 |

| | | | | | |

| | |Spring/Window 3/PM3 3/1 – 3/31 | | | |

|TBA * formally SAT 10 |Gr 3 Identified Students |Spring/Window 3/After Gr3 FSA ELA |PBT |untimed |5/3 – 5/28 |

|(ELA Placement) | | | | | |

|ClearSight ELA: Reading and Writing |Gr 6 - 8 Middle School |Fall/Window 1/PM1 9/01 – 9/15 | |100 minutes | 9/16 - 10/09 |

|(Progress Monitoring) | |(principal discretion) |CBT | | |

| | | | | |11/02 - 11/30 |

| | |Winter/Window 2/PM2 10/12-10/30 | | | |

| | | | | |3/22-4/16 |

| | |Spring/Window 3/PM3 3/1 - 3/12 | | | |

|ClearSight Math |Gr 6 - 8 Middle School |Fall/Window 1/PM1 9/01 – 9/15 |CBT1 |50 minutes |9/16 - 10/09 |

|(Progress Monitoring) | | | | | |

| | |Winter/Window 2/PM2 1/11–1/22 | | |1/25- 2/12 |

| | |Spring/Window 3/PM3 3/22 – 4/9 | | | |

| | | | | |4/12 – 5/14 |

|USA TEST PREP: Civics |Gr 7 Middle School |Fall/Window1/PM1 9/03 – 9/25 |CBT1 |50 minutes |9/28 -10/23 |

|(Progress Monitoring) | | | | |2/1- 2/26 |

| | |Winter/Window 2/PM2 1/11 – 1/29 | | |4/26 – 5/28 |

| | | | | | |

| | |Spring/Window 3/PM3 3/22 – 4/23 | | | |

|USA TEST PREP: Science |Gr 8 Middle School |Fall/Window1/PM1 9/03 – 9/25 |CBT1 |50 minutes |9/28 - 10/23 |

|(Progress Monitoring) | | | | |2/22 – 3/12 |

| | |*Winter/Window 2/PM2 2/1- 2/19 | | |4/13 - 5/13 |

| | |(*school-based decision) | | | |

| | | | | | |

| | |Spring/Window 3/PM3 3/22 – 4/9 | | | |

|ClearSight ELA: Reading and Writing |All Gr 9-10 students |Fall/Window 1/PM1 9/01 – 9/15 |CBT1 |100 minutes |9/16 - 10/09 |

|(Progress Monitoring) | |(principal discretion) | | | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

| | |Winter/Window 2/PM2 10/12-10/30 | | |11/2 - 11/30 |

| | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | | | |

| | | | | |4/5 - 5/7 |

| | |Spring/Window 3/PM3 3/1 - 4/1 | | | |

| | | | | | |

|ClearSight ELA: Reading and Writing |Gr 11: FSA ELA Level 1-5 students |Fall/Window 1/PM1 9/01 – 9/15 |CBT1 |100 minutes |9/16 - 10/09 |

|(Progress Monitoring) |Gr 12: FSA ELA Level 1 and 2 students |(principal discretion) | | | |

| | | | | | |

| | |Winter/Window 2/PM2 1/4 – 1/29 | | |2/1-2/26 |

| | | | | | |

|ClearSight Algebra 1 |Middle or High School students enrolled |Fall/Window 1/PM1 9/01 – 9/15 |CBT1 |50 minutes |9/16 - 10/09 |

|(Progress Monitoring) |in Algebra I, Algebra I-B or Algebra I | | | | |

| |Honors course |Winter/Window 2/PM2 1/11–1/22 | | |1/25- 2/19 |

| | |Spring/Window 3/PM3 3/23 – 4/9 | | | |

| | | | | |4/12 – 5/14 |

|ClearSight Geometry |Middle or High School students enrolled |Fall/Window 1/PM1 9/01 – 9/15 |CBT1 |50 minutes |9/16 - 10/09 |

|(Progress Monitoring) |in Geometry or Geometry Honors course | | | | |

| | |Winter/Window 2/PM2 1/11–1/22 | | |1/25- 2/19 |

| | |Spring/Window 3/PM3 3/22 – 4/9 | | | |

| | | | | |4/12 – 5/14 |

|USA TEST PREP: Biology |Middle or High School students enrolled |Fall/Window1/PM1 9/03 – 9/25 |CBT1 |50 minutes |9/28 -10/23 |

|(Progress Monitoring) |in Biology, Biology Honors, or an AICE | | | |2/1- 2/26 |

| |Biology course |Winter/Window 2/PM2 1/4 – 1/29 | | | |

|USA TEST PREP: US History |Middle or High School students enrolled |Fall/Window1/PM1 9/03 – 9/25 |CBT1 |50 minutes |9/28 -10/23 |

|(Progress Monitoring) |in US History or US History Honors course| | | |2/1- 2/26 |

| | |Winter/Window 2/PM2 1/11 – 1/29 | | |4/26 – 5/28 |

| | | | | | |

| | |Spring/Window 3/PM3 3/22 – 4/23 | | | |

|Academy Students Only |Middle or High School students enrolled |Semester 1 |PBT |60 minutes | |

|All Gr 9-10 ELA, Gr 11-12 FSA ELA Level 1 and |in English I, English I Honors, English |BOY September 8th-11th | | |9/14-10/09 |

|2, Gr 6-8 FSA Math, Algebra I, Geometry, |II, English II Honors, Algebra I, Algebra|MOY November 9th-13th | | |11/16-12/11 |

|Biology, Gr 8 Science, Gr 7 Civics, Gr 11 US |I-B, Algebra I Honors, Geometry, Geometry|EOY December 14th-23rd | | |1/04-1/22 |

|History (Progress |Honors, Biology, Biology Honors, Grade 8 |Or | | | |

|Monitoring) |Science, Civics, Civics Honors, or US |Semester 2 | | |Or |

|All assessments will be department/teacher |History or US History Honors |BOY January 25th -29th | | |2/1-2/19 |

|created. | |MOY March 29th-April 1st | | |4/5-5/7 |

| | |EOY May 24th-28th | | |6/01-6/25 |

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|Middle/High School Semester 1 Exams |Gr 6 - 12 Middle/High School students |January 11th – 15th |PBT |90 minutes/ 7 test events |1/18 – 2/12 |

|Middle/High School Semester 2 Exams |Gr 6 - 12 Middle/High School students |June 1st – 4th |PBT |90 minutes/ 7 test events |6/7 – 6/25 |

6. Estimates of Total Testing Time by Grade Level

Estimates of average time for administering state-required and district-required assessments (listed in Sections 3 and 5 above) by grade level. Subject-based assessments should be included with the grade level to which they are most likely to be administered (e.g., Biology 1 with grade 9).

|Grade Level |Statewide Assessments |District Assessments |Approximate Total Testing Time (In Minutes) |

|K |15–20 |340 |360 |

|1 |0 |420 |420 |

|2 |0 |420 |420 |

|3 |320 | 415 |735 |

|4 |440 |415 |855 |

|5 |600 |415 |1015 |

|6 |470 |1610 |2080 |

|7 |630 |1760 |2390 |

|8 |630 |1710 |2340 |

|9 |640 |1710 |2350 |

|10 |480 |1610 |2090 |

|11 |160 |1510 |1670 |

|12 |0 |1260 |1260 |

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