1. FSA: What Every Parent Needs to Know
Ben Gamla Charter South

2. Improving Instruction Today; Preparing for Tomorrow

3. Benefits of Florida Standards
Preparation
Competition
Clarity
Collaboration

4. What Tests will Students Take?
Writing – grades 4-8
Reading – grades 3-8
Math – grades 3-8
Civics – grade 7
Science – grades 5 & 8

5. Test Administration Schedule- Paper Based Tests
Dates
FSA
Grade
Sessions
Time
Feb 28
Writing
4-7 1
120 minutes
March 28-March 29
Reading 3 2
80 minutes
May 2 – 3
Science 5
80 Minutes
May 3 8

6. Test Administration Schedule- Computer Based Testing
Dates
FSA
Grades
Session
Time
Feb 28
Writing 8 1
120 minutes
April 17-May 12
Reading
4-5 2
80 minutes
6-8
85 minutes
Math
3-5 3
60 minutes
May 4-5
Algebra I
7-8
90 minutes
May 9
Civics 7
160 minutes

7. English Language Arts/Literacy
Focus on non-fiction (informational text) and careful, focused reading.
Discuss reading and write using evidence (focus on facts, versus opinions).
Increase academic vocabulary.
(e.g. analyze, analogy, articulate)
Use real-world examples to better understand concepts.

8. ELA Text-based Writing

9. Text-based Writing

10. Reading Language Arts

11. ELA/Reading Editing Task Items Multiple Choice Items
Multi-select Items
Two-part Items
Hot Text Items
Open Response Items
Graphic Response Items (GRID)

12. Editing Task Item

13. Text with a Series of Questions

14. Text with a Series of Questions

15. Audio Multiple-Choice Item

16. Multi-Select Items

17. Two-Part Items

18. Hot Text Items

19. Graphic Response Item (GRID)

20. Open Response Item

21. Mathematical Practice Standards

22. Mathematics Learn more in-depth math by focusing on fewer concepts.
Focus on skill building, speed and accuracy.
Use real-world examples to better understand concepts.

23. Mathematics Multiple Choice Items Multi-select Items
Equation Response Items
Graphic Response Items

24. Multiple Choice Item

25. Multi-Select Items

26. Graphic Response Item

27. Graphic Response Item

28. Equation Response Item
A chocolate company selects 100 random packages to check their weight and packaging. The company finds that 5 packages have incorrect weights and 10 different packages have incorrect packaging.
How many packages out of 2,000 should the company predict have only incorrect weights?
How many packages out of 2,000 should the company predict have only incorrect packaging?

29. Equation Response Item

30. Calculator

31. Scientific Calculator

32. Conversions will be provided in a pop-up window for the
grades 4-11 CBT.
Customary Conversions
1 foot = 12 inches
1 yard = 3 feet
1 mile = 5,280 feet
1 mile = 1,760 yards
1 cup = 8 fluid ounces
1 pint = 2 cups
1 quart = 2 pints
1 gallon = 4 quarts
1 pound = 16 ounces
1 ton = 2,000 pounds
Metric Conversions
1 meter = 100 centimeters
1 meter = 1000 millimeters
1 kilometer = 1000 meters
1 liter = 1000 milliliters
1 gram = 1000 milligrams
1 kilogram = 1000 grams
Time Conversions
1 minute = 60 seconds
1 hour = 60 minutes
1 day = 24 hours
1 year = 365 days
1 year = 52 weeks
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33. State End of Course Exams
Civics 7th grade
Computer based
30 percent of final grade

34. FCAT 2.0 Science – No Change
Next Generation Standards
5th and 8th grades only
Paper-based

35. Backpacks: What you should see
Books that are both fiction and non-fiction.
Real-world examples that promote what students learn in English and math that make more sense.
Writing assignments that require students to use evidence instead of opinion.
Math homework that asks students to write out how they got their answer.
Math homework that asks students to use different methods to solve the same problem.

36. Some questions to ask your child
Did you talk about anything you read in class today? Did you use evidence when you talked about what you read?
Tell me something you learned in your reading. How did you learn it?
How did you use math today? Can you show me an example?
Did you learn any new words in class today? What do they mean? How do you spell them?
What math problems did you do today? How did you get your answer?

37. Informational Resources
Florida Department of Education
CPALMS
FLDOE Assessment Website
FSA Portal