Transcript Student PowerPoint Paper Based Testing FCAT 2013

For Grades 3 – 10 paper-based tests/accommodations
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It’s almost time to take the FCAT 2.0!
Here are some important
explanations and reminders
to help you do your very best.
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FCAT 2.0 Tests
• Students in Grades 3-10 will take FCAT 2.0
Reading
• There are two sessions of FCAT 2.0
Reading given over two days
• You will have 70 minutes to complete each
session of FCAT 2.0 Reading
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FCAT 2.0 Tests
• Students in Grades 3-8 will take FCAT 2.0
Mathematics
• There are two sessions of FCAT 2.0
Mathematics
– Grades 3-5 complete sessions over two days
– Grades 6-8 complete both sessions in one day
• You will have 70 minutes to complete each
session of FCAT 2.0 Mathematics
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FCAT 2.0 Tests
• Students in Grades 5 and 8 will take FCAT
2.0 Science
• There are two sessions of FCAT 2.0
Science
– Grade 5 completes sessions over two days
– Grade 8 completes both sessions in one day
• You will have 80 minutes to complete each
session of FCAT 2.0 Science
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Test Invalidation
Let’s talk about the term
test invalidation.
It’s important for you to
understand what it means so it
won’t happen to you!
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Test Invalidation
If your test is invalidated, it means that
your test will not be scored, and you
will not be able to retake the same
test.
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To make sure your
test is scored. . .
 Remove all electronic devices.
If you have an electronic device at
your desk, in your pocket, or
ANYWHERE you can reach it during
testing or during a break within a
session, your test will not be scored.
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Electronic Devices
Some examples of electronic
devices are:
 Cell phones or smart phones
 Handheld video games
 MP3 players
 Calculators (unless you are allowed to
have an approved calculator)
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 All electronic devices must be turned
off before the test. Your teacher may
collect them or instruct you to put
them away (in a locker or backpack
away from your desk).
 If you aren’t sure if something is an
electronic device, please ask your
teacher before the test.
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To make sure your
test is scored. . .
 Do your own work. If you are
caught looking at another student’s
answers, talking about the test with
other students during breaks, or
using any kind of unauthorized aid
during the test, your test will not be
scored.
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To make sure your
test is scored. . .
 Don’t be disruptive. If you are
disruptive during a test, you may be
dismissed from the room and your test
may not be scored. It is very
important for you to remain quiet,
respect other students, and pay
attention to and follow the instructions.
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To make sure your
test is scored…
 Don’t leave school. If you leave the
school’s campus for lunch or an
appointment before you complete a
test session, you will not be allowed
to finish taking the test when you
return.
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Testing Rules
During the test, you must not:
• Talk to other students or make any disturbance
• Look at another student’s test materials
• Allow another student to look at your test materials
• Ask for help answering any test questions
• Have notes or scratch paper
• Have any electronic or recording devices in your
possession at any time, including breaks, even if you do not
use them
• Fail to follow any other instructions given
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Testing Rules
• Before the test, your test administrator will read
the testing rules aloud and ask you to read the
Testing Rules Acknowledgment. You will be
asked to sign your name below the Testing
Rules Acknowledgment to show that you
understand the rules.
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Marking Your Answers
Now it’s time to review some important
tips for marking your answers
correctly.
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Marking Your Answers
 When you are filling in bubbles, mark
only ONE answer for each question.
 Be sure to fill in the bubble for your
answer choice completely with your
number 2 pencil.
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Marking Your Answers
 Fill in only ONE bubble for the answer
you choose.
1.
A
B
C
D
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Marking Your Answers
 Do not circle your answer.
1.
A
B
C
D
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Marking Your Answers
 Do not fill in more than one bubble.
1.
A
B
C
D
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Marking Your Answers
 Do not cross out answers you think
are wrong or make marks in any other
bubbles.
1.
A
B
C
D
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Gridded-Response Items
Some items for Grades
4, 5*, 6, 7, and 8 Math
will ask students to answer
in a response grid.
*Paper-based Accommodations
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Gridded-Response Items
This symbol appears next to questions
that require you to fill in your answer
on a response grid.
In the front of your test book, you will find Directions
for Completing the Response Grids and Parts of
a Response Grid. You may refer to this information
at any time during the test.
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Gridded-Response Items
Fill in the answer boxes
at the top of the grid.
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Do not leave a blank space between
answer boxes.
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Gridded-Response Items
Then grid the bubbles
that match the answer
boxes. You must fill in
the bubbles to receive
credit for your answer.
Do not grid a bubble underneath
a blank answer box.
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Gridded-Response Items
 There are five types of response grids on
the Grades 4 and 5 Mathematics tests.
Whole-Number
Decimal
Percent
Money
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Gridded-Response Items
 There is one type of response grid on the
Grade 6 Mathematics test.
Answer Boxes
Fraction Bar
Decimal Point
Number Bubbles
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Gridded-Response Items
 There are two types of response grids on
the Grade 7 Mathematics test.
Answer Boxes
Fraction Bar
Decimal Point
Number Bubbles
Answer Boxes
Fraction Bar or Negative Sign
Decimal Point
Number Bubbles
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Gridded-Response Items
 There is one type of response grid on the
Grade 8 Mathematics test.
Answer Boxes
Fraction Bar or Negative Sign
Decimal Point
Number Bubbles
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Marking Your Answers
 You are allowed to circle or underline
words in the reading passages, make
notes, or work mathematics problems in
the blank space in your test book or test
and answer book.
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Marking Your Answers
• If you are marking your answers in a test
and answer book, make sure that any
marks you make taking notes or working
problems do not go into a bubble that is
not your answer.
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A
B
C
D
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Marking Your Answers
 If you change an answer, be sure to erase
completely.
 If you use your eraser, do so gently to
avoid ripping or tearing your test.
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Rulers
• Students in grades 3 and 4 will use a ruler
during Session 2 of the mathematics test.
• If a test item requires use of a ruler, it will
say so in the directions for that item.
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Reference Sheets
• Grades 5, 6, 7, 8, and
Retake students will receive
a reference sheet to use
during the Mathematics
sessions.
• Reference sheets contain
formulas and conversions
that may be needed to answer
questions.
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Periodic Table
Grade 8 students
will receive a
periodic table
of the elements
to use during the
Science sessions.
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Remember…
If you come to a page in your test book
that says Go On in the bottom
corner, turn the page and continue
working.
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Remember…
When you come to the stop sign at the
end of a session, do not go on to
the next session.
DO NOT GO ON.
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Remember…
• When you have finished a session, check
through your answers for that session to
make sure you have filled in only one
bubble for each question and that you
have answered every question.
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Remember…
 During the test you may not:
– Work ahead in another session in your test book
– Change any answers from a previous session
– Look at another student’s answers
– Allow another student to look at your answers
– Have notes, scratch paper, or electronic devices
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Remember…
 You may not ask for help in answering
any test questions.
– Your teacher or test administrator is not
allowed to discuss the test or help you
read, understand, or answer test
questions.
 Try to answer every question.
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Remember…
 Once you finish a test and turn it in,
you may not ask for it back. Be
sure to check your answers and try to
answer every question before turning
in your test.
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Remember…
 During breaks and after testing, it’s
important that you don’t talk about
the test questions with friends,
classmates, teachers, or other
students.
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Remember…
 This may not be your first time taking
the FCAT 2.0, but test books, answer
forms, and instructions can change at
each grade level, so be sure to
PAY ATTENTION!
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Most importantly:
• Get a good night’s sleep
and eat a good breakfast
before the test.
• Relax and do your best!
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