Updated 11/10/14
ELA/Literacy
Linda Pitts Brigman
pittslg@bay.k12.fl.us
ELA Test Design Summary and Blueprint
Grades 3-11
Grades 3rd-4th Paper –based
Grades 5th-11th Computer-based
Same reporting category, genre
and component weight at Grades
3-11.
Not assessed at 3rd grade.
ELA Test Design Summary and Blueprint
Grades 3-11
Grade Number of Items
Percentage of Points by Depth of Knowledge Level
Grade
DOK Level 1
DOK Level 2
DOK Level 3
3 – 11
10% - 20%
60% - 80%
10% - 20%
3
56-60
4
56-60
5
56-60
6
58-62
7
58-62
8
58-62
9
60-64
10
60-64
11
60-64
Note: The Text-based Writing component at grades 4-11 is a DOK 3 task.
ELA Reading Stimulus Guidelines
“The length and complexity of texts should vary within each grade-level
assessment. The table below suggests an approximate word count range for a
text or text set.”*
Grade
Range of Number of Words
3
100-700
4
100-900
5
200-1000
6
200-1100
7
300-1100
8
350-1200
9
350-1300
10
350-1350
11
350-1400
• One or more texts
• Informational or literary
• Multimedia elements: audio
presentations, slideshows, or
graphical elements
*FLDOE FSA ELA Draft Item Specifications
ELA Florida Standards Assessment
Response Types
Item Types (Quick Guide to the Training Tests)
Editing tasks
enter or select word/phrase
Hot Text
click or drag to select
Multiple-choice
single answer option (traditional)
Multi-select
select more than one answer
Open response
use keyboard to complete a text field
Text-based Writing Assessment
Grades 4 – 11
The stimulus will consist of
two to four texts.*
Grade
Minimum
Word Count
Maximum
Word Count
The stimulus will be
presented along with a
writing prompt that asks
students to write an essay
about the topic. The
students will be required
to synthesize information
from the text sets and
must cite specific
evidence from the texts
to support their ideas.*
4
800
1300
5
800
1300
6
1000
1600
7
1000
1700
8
1000
1800
9
1100
1900
10
1100
2000
11
1100
2000
*FLDOE FSA Item Specifications
Grades 4th – 7th Paper–based
Grades 8th - 11th Computer-based
Text-based Writing Assessment
Grades 4 – 11
Informative/Explanatory Prompts
Synthesize and analyze ideas from the stimuli to develop and support a
controlling idea (Grades 4-11)*
Opinion/Argumentative Prompts
Synthesize and analyze ideas and evidence from stimuli.
Use ideas to present and support an opinion (grades 4-5) or to argue
and support a claim (grades 6-11)*
Note: The Text-based Writing component at grades 4-11 is a DOK 3 task.
*FLDOE FSA Item Specifications
Common Assessment Resources
Bay Literacy Café
http://bayliteracycafe.weebly.com/
Textbooks
Teacher/Team created
Review, revise, and align:
Standards
Item specifications
Content limits
DOK level
Response type
Rubric