SOMERSET PINES ACADEMY

Florida Standards

Assessments - Writing

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Transition from FCAT to FSA

Assessments Assessments in 2012-13, and

2013-14

Assessments in 2014-15

FCAT 2.0 Reading Grades 3 to 10 FSA English Language Arts

Grades 3 to 11

FCAT 2.0 Writing Grades 4, 8, 10 FSA English Language Arts Writing

Component Grades 4 to 11

FCAT 2.0 Mathematics Grades 3 to

8

FSA Mathematics Grades 3 to 8

ASSESSMENT CALENDAR

ELA WRITING ASSESSMENT

• The FSA ELA has a Text-Based Writing Component that is administered

separately from the rest of the FSA ELA

• March 2-13, 2015

• Reported as part of the ELA score. It has not yet been determined how much the

writing component weighs compared to the reading component.

• If students do not take BOTH components of the test (grades 4-11), then they

will NOT receive an ELA score.

• It is administered earlier to allow time for hand scoring.

ELA WRITING ASSESSMENT

• When examining the rubrics, look at the overarching statements- the response

doesn’t have to include ALL the bullet points underneath, but should contain

most of them. (see sample on following slides)

• There will be 1 hand scorer and 1 automated- if the scores don’t agree, the

human score prevails. If there is a big discrepancy between the 2 scores, then it

will go to a 3rd scorer and that will determine the overall score.

• If the response is simply copied and there is NO original work, the response will

be unscorable.

• 10 point Rubric Opinion or informative

• http://www.fsassessments.org/wp-

content/uploads/2014/07/OpinionlRubric4-5_Final.pdf

• http://fsassessments.org/wp-

content/uploads/2014/07/InformationalRubric_6-11_Final.pdf

ELA WRITING ASSESSMENT

Students will have 90 minutes (but if necessary can have up

to 120 minutes) to complete the writing session

The following tools will be available for students to use during

the computer-based writing assessment

All students will be provided with a

planning sheet.

Students in grades 4-7 (and students in

grades 5-11 who have paper-based

accommodations) will receive a writing

passage booklet.

Note: The “copy and paste” option is not

available for a student to use for the online

text passages. This will prevent a student

from copying something from a document and

pasting it directly into the written response.

WRITING PROMPT OVERVIEW

WRITING PROMPT OVERVIEW

WRITING PROMPT OVERVIEW

WRITING PROMPT OVERVIEW

USE OF SOURCES/CITING EVIDENCE

Grades 4-5: Use of

Sources

Simple but clear use of

sources, facts, and details

Grades 6-11: Citing

Evidence

Informal citations are

acceptable

Grades 4-11: Sources and Citing

Title of passage/article

Paragraph number

Author’s name

Direct quote

FLORIDA STANDARDS INFORMATION SITE

http://fsassessments.org/