FSA Parent Training
Park Springs Elementary
November 5, 2014
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A Look Inside the
Florida Standards
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LAFS- ELA Florida Standards
MAFS- Math Florida Standards
Florida Standards Location
S http://www.flstandards.org/resources/parents
_families.aspx
Webb’s Depth of
Knowledge
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Blooms Taxonomy
Depths of Knowledge
DOK Levels…
DOK 1-What is…?
DOK 2- Explain why…
Florida Standards
Assessments
(FSA)
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FSA Mathematics
Grade/Subject
Proposed Time
3
4
5
6
7
8
Alg 1
Geo
Alg 2
160 minutes
160 minutes
160 minutes
180 minutes
180 minutes
180 minutes
180 minutes
180 minutes
180 minutes
Number of
Sessions*
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
Computer-Based in 2015?
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
*All sessions administered over two days. For Grades 6-8, Session 1 is on Day 1,
Sessions 2 & 3 on Day 2.
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Percentage of Standards
Percentage of Standards
Percentage of Standards
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 is administered earlier to allow time for hand scoring.
• 10 point Rubric
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Writing FSA
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For the informative/explanatory writing prompts, students will be
required to synthesize and analyze ideas from the stimuli to develop and
support a controlling idea.
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For the opinion/argumentative writing prompts, students will be
required to synthesize and analyze ideas and evidence from stimuli. They
will use these ideas to present and support an opinion (grades 4‒5) or to
argue and support a claim (grades 6‒11).
FSA English Language Arts - Writing
Component ONLY
Grade/Subject
Proposed Time
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
90 minutes
90 minutes
90 minutes
90 minutes
90 minutes
90 minutes
90 minutes
90 minutes
Number of
ComputerSessions Based in 2015?
1
No
1
Yes
1
Yes
1
Yes
1
Yes
1
Yes
1
Yes
1
Yes
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FSA English Language Arts
(Not Including the Writing
Component)
Grade/ Subject Proposed Time Number of Computer-Based in 2015?
Sessions*
3
160 minutes
2
No
4
160 minutes
2
No
5
160 minutes
2
Yes
6
170 minutes
2
Yes
7
170 minutes
2
Yes
8
170 minutes
2
Yes
9
180 minutes
2
Yes
10
180 minutes
2
Yes
11
180 minutes
2
Yes
*All sessions administered over two days.
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FSA Training Tests
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Parent Objectives
S To aide students in completing a Florida Standards
Assessment (FSA) Training Test and analyze resources in
order to:
S Understand the rigor/complexity of the assessments.
S Learn and become familiar with the FSA vocabulary.
S Analyze the test specifications for all subject areas.
S Learn what the test questions are going to look like.
Log into the FSA portal at
http://fsassessments.org/
Training Tests
Work with your child to complete all three
subject area tests for your child’s grade level.
S Use the Quick Guide to Training Tests, Section 2, page 9 to locate test
tools.
Sample Test Question
What Can You Do
As a Parent?
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Suggestions
S Have your child take the online FSA training tests.
S Become familiar with the website fsassessments.org.
S Take the training test with your child.
S Have your child practice typing as much as possible.
S Type all written homework assignments (ie. Essays)
S Have your child on First In Math as much as possible to work on
math fluency.
Animated Math Models
S Log into Beep
S Go to Online Resources (textbooks)
S Go to Go Math, and your child’s grade level
S Go to Activities and Tools
S Then click on Animated Math Models
Work on Math Fluency
Resources
S www.fsassessments.org
S www.floridastandards.org
S www.beep.browardschools.com
S www.firstinmath.com
S Additional Resource- www.ixl.com
www.achievethecore.org
Thank you for attending our
Parent Training …
If you are a parent of a fifth
grader and/or would like to stay to
see a few more of the sample test
questions, feel free to stay.