1. Florida Standards Assessment Parent Night
Parents, thank you so much for coming out tonight. We understand that it’s the middle of the week and that everyone’s busy, but we have some important information to give out to you tonight regarding the FSA testing. With us working together as a team, your child will succeed! We’re going to make this simple and to the point, then give you a chance to ask questions. Let’s get started!!
3rd Grade

2. What is the Florida Standards Assessment?
A test that was designed to serve Florida students by measuring educational gains and progress.
Measures student performance based on the Florida State Standards.
Information from the assessment is used to drive student instruction.
Florida’s K-12 assessment system measures students’ achievement of Florida’s education standards. These standards were developed and implemented to ensure that all students graduate from high school, ready for success in college, career, and life. The assessment supports instruction aswell as student learning, and test results help Florida’s educational leaders and stakeholders determine whether the goals of the education system are being met.

3. How will the FSA affect my child? 4th Grade Promotion
Administered on April 3rd and 4th. All 3rd Grade Students will take the ELA FSA
Students must receive a Level 2 (or higher to pass)
ELA
FSA
Administered during the 2nd semester (will begin end of January)
All 3rd grade students will complete a portfolio
A student must demonstrate mastery of each benchmark in order to be promoted using the portfolio.
3rd Grade Reading Student Portfolio
Administered during May 2019
Participants: Students scoring a Level 1 on the ELA FSA that did not pass Grade 3 Reading Portfolio
iReady AP3 Testing
Administered during summer 2019.
Participants: students scoring a Level 1 on the ELA FSA that did not pass the Grade 3 Reading Portfolio and did not pass the ASRA. Will be required to attend summer school as well.
Alternative Assessment for Grade 3 Promotion
A “Level 2 or higher” is considered mastery of the FSA. If a student does not show mastery of third grade material then he/she will have these options in order to obtain promotion into 4th grade. If students score below a “2” , then these options are available to them. Let’s break these down.

4. What will the FSA look like for my child?
English Language Arts and Listening
2 Test Days
April 3rd and April 4th
2 Test Sessions
80 minutes each session
Mathematics
May 6th and May 7th
Four total test days.
Recommend that students are here ON TIME each test day.
Make up days are available, but students will be testing in an unknown setting, with an unknown proctor.
Tests are broken up into two sessions each and are TIMED. Unless the student is ESOL levels 1-4) in which they will have extended time. Other students may receive accommodations on a case by case basis.

5. FSA English Language Arts Test Breakdown
Central Ideas and Details
Grammar- Editing
Comprehension and Vocabulary-Craft & Structure

6. FSA Mathematics Test Breakdown
Fractions
Measurement, Data, and Geometry
Operation, Algebraic Thinking, and Numbers in Base 10

7. FSA Question Types English Language Arts Math Multiple Choice items
Multi-Select Items
Matching Items
Table Items
Equation Items
Grid Response
Multiple Choice Items
Multi-Select Items
Multi-Part Items
Editing Tasks

8. What does the FSA look like??
Cold Reads/Portfolios
Stop and review the FSA Sample Reading Test and the FSA Sample Math Test to review question types.
*FSA Practice Assignments will be given out on a weekly basis, throughout the last quarter, these assignments mimic the test and format.

9. What are we doing to help your child?
i-Ready
Differentiated Instruction
Modeling and sharing activities to practice the skills and question types on the test.
Debriefing Cold Reads/ Portfolios
-i-Ready is a program that we have been using this school year to help bridge the gap in foundational skills in math and reading
-In class interventions that include: differentiated instruction – small groups and WonderWorks
-Students have a lot of modeling, and sharing activities – such as task cards to practice the skills and tests we have created to familiarize students with question types

10. What can I do at home?
Use Technology.
Read together EVERY night.
Use SPADE or TASK Cards
Ask your child questions.
Make sure your child is using TEXT EVIDENCE.
Review multiplication and division tables.
Review your child’s homework.
Read with your child EVERY night, at least min. Read different types of books and informational text with your child.
Use the FSA Task cards to ask them questions about what is being read.
Ask your child questions about what he or she is learning in class. Ask your child to find answers to questions in the text of books, newspaper articles, manuals, etc.
Make sure you child is going back into the text to answer reading comprehension questions.
Review the TIMES TABLES and DIVISION TABLES daily. You can practice in the car, at breakfast, at the store.
Use this website to read about updates, and have your child complete the training tests in both Reading and Math.

11. The night before the FSA:
Make sure your child gets enough sleep.
The morning of the FSA:
Eat a normal breakfast.
Talk to your child.
Arrive at school early.

12. Please contact any of us for questions that you may have regarding the FSA and any of its components. Our kids are going to ROCK THIS TEST! Questions? me at