The Florida

Standards:What Every

Parent Should Know

Lawton Chiles Middle SchoolBernice Delgado, Language Arts

Department ChairNelson Izquierdo, Principal

Ilia Molina, Assistant Principal

Improving Instruction Today:Preparing for Tomorrow

• 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:

Why New Standards?Preparing Students to be College and

Career ReadyCollege Ready• Ready for credit bearing course work upon entrance

into collegeCareer Ready• Ready for jobs that make them competitive in the

global workplace

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.

Lack of Clarity• “Write for a variety of purposes.”• “Respond to variety of literary/informational

texts.”

Why did we need a change?

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?

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.

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

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

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

Clarity:

The standards are focused, coherent, and clear. Everyone knows what is

expected of our students.

Benefits of Florida Standards

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

http://www.fsassessments.org/

• We strongly encourage parents and students to access the Writing and Reading sample practice tests provided by the state.

Florida Standards Assessment Test DesignEnglish Language Arts/Literacy

Text-based Writing

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

• Attention to Text Complexity

• Emphasis on Student Tasks (especially writing)

• Responsibility for Reading & Writing Instruction- Every Teacher, Every Subject, Every Day!

Instructional CHANGES

Florida Standards Assessment Test DesignEnglish 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

Text-based Writing

Middle School Test Design

Editing Task Item

Text with a Series of Questions

Text with a Series of Questions

Audio Multiple-Choice Item

Multi-Select Items

Two-Part Items

Hot Text Items

Graphic Response Item (GRID)

Open Response Item

Florida Standards Assessment Summaries

Florida Standards Assessment Format

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•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).

FSAEnglish Language Arts

Assessments

FSA ELA Session Timing

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• 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.

FSA ELA – Writing Component ONLY

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*All students (PBT and CBT) receive a planning sheet.**Students may have an additional 30 minutes, if needed.

Grade Numberof Items

Number of

Sessions

Numberof Days

Administration Mode/Test Materials*

TOTAL TestingTime**

6 1 prompt 1 1 PBT 90 minutes

7 1 prompt 1 1 PBT 90 minutes

8 1 prompt 1 1 CBT 90 minutes

FSA ELA Writing ComponentFor 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

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FSA ELA Reading Component

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Grade Numberof Items

Number of

Sessions

Numberof Days

Administration Mode in 2015/ Test Materials

TOTAL TestingTime

6 58–62 2 2 CBT with worksheet 170 minutes

7 58–62 2 2 CBT with worksheet 170 minutes

8 58–62 2 2 CBT with worksheet 170 minutes

Florida Standards Assessment

Timeline&

Dates

General FSA Timeline

FSAELA Lawton Chiles Middle School Timeline

FSA Writing component Grades 6 and 7• Paper based test• March 3rd (Make Ups March 4th)

Grade 8 • Computer based test (New Typing required)• March 3rd (Make Ups March 4th)

FSA Reading component Grades 6 -8 • Computer based test (ALL Grades Levels)• April 13 – May 8

Informational Resources

CPALMShttp://www.cpalms.org/Public/FLDOE Assessment Websitehttp://www.fldoe.org/asp/FSA Portalhttp://www.fsassessments.org/Typing Practicehttp://typingweb.com