Transcript Grades 6-8 Florida Standards Assessment

Grades 6-8
Florida Standards Assessment
in English Language Arts
IN READING, LANGUAGE, AND LISTENING
Introduction
The Florida Standards Assessment in English
Language Arts was approved by the Florida State
Board of Education in February 2014 and will be fully
implemented in grades K-12 in the 2014-2015 school
year. All Florida schools teach the Florida Standards
and the Florida Department of Education has
contracted with the American Institute for Research
(AIR) to develop and administer new statewide
assessments.
Testing Date
Computer Based:
FSA Grades 5-11 English Language Arts
April 13th – May 8th, 2015
FSA Session Timing and Length
 There are 2 sessions of the test given over 2 days.
 These sessions do not include the Writing
Component.
 The total amount of time for both sessions will be
170 minutes (about 1hr/25min per session).
 There are a total of 58 – 62 questions on the test.
Computer-Based Testing
Florida has been transitioning to computer-based
testing since 2010 and will continue to do so in Spring
2015. AIR offers a dynamic computer based test
delivery system. Students will respond to items in
multiple ways, including creating graphs, writing short
responses and using other interactive features. The
various question types are designed to assess higher
order thinking skills and offer exciting new ways for
students to show what they know and can do.
Test Design
MORE THAN JUST MULTIPLE CHOICE
Students will Place Information into Graphic
Organizers
Example:
 Students will be given a timeline with empty boxes
for details to be placed.
 Students will be asked to place the phrases about the
character’s life in the correct location on the
timeline.
Two Part Questions
Part A
Part B
Example:
 Which statement
describes the
character’s importance
as an explorer?
 Answer choices are
multiple choice.
Example:
 Which statement from
the passage supports
the response in Part A?
 Place check mark in the
appropriate box.
More than One Answer Correct
and Use of Graphics
Example:
 What three details can the reader get from both the
map and the passage?
 Students must place a check mark next to 3 of the 5
details given.
Written Responses
Example:
 Why does the author use the word “peetrified”
instead of “petrified” in this sentence?
 Type your answer in the space provided.
Another Type of Two Part Question Called
“Hot Text”
Part A
Part B
Example:
What is the meaning of
the word extravagant
as it is used in this
sentence from the
passage?
Example:
 Select two words or
phrases from the passage
that help readers
determine the meaning
of the word.
 Students must highlight
those words or phrases in
the paragraph provided.
Remove Sentences to
Create a Summary
 A sentence is provided at the beginning and the end to
make up the summary.
 Six sentences are provided for students to choose from to
place next to the three numbers between the beginning
and ending sentence.
Student Directions:
 Select three sentences to create an objective summary of
this passage. Order the sentences so the summary
reflects the arrangement of ideas in the passage. Place
only one sentence next to each number.
Editing Task
Students are asked to read a passage.
Directions:
 There are five highlights in the passage to show which
word or phrase may be incorrect. For each highlight,
click the word or phrase that is correct.
 Students can click on the work or phrase and choose the
correct word or phrase to replace it with or indicate that
it is correct as is.
 Students should be editing for word choice, wordiness,
grammar, and punctuation.
An Additional Editing Task
Students are given a passage to read.
Directions:
 There are five highlights in the passage to show
which word or phrase may be incorrect. For each
highlight, type in the correction.
 Students must recognize when to change
punctuation, eliminate unnecessary words, change
pronouns, correct misspelled words, and use proper
capitalization.
Listening Task
 Students will be given an audio script such as a
science podcast to listen to.
 Students will be given questions based on the audio
script.
 Some question items may have more than one
correct answer.
 Some questions may be in multiple choice form.
Text-Based Writing Component
 The FSA ELA has a Text-Based Writing Component
that is administered separately from the rest of the
FSA ELA, but it is reported as part of the ELA score.
(This is administered earlier to allow time for hand
scoring.)
 Sessions are Computer-Based and given in one
session lasting 90 minutes.
 Students must pass the writing component to pass
the ELA test.
Resources
 Training tests are now available for students and
parents to become familiar with the new testing
system. The training tests can be accessed at
www.FSAssessments.org/training-tests.
 FDOE website at www.fldoe.org