1. Florida Kindergarten Readiness Test Training for Private Schools –
FAIR-FS K
Fall 2014
Colleen Risner

2. What is FLKRS? Components FAIR-FS K Administered via computer
Need device with external mouse
Letter Sounds
Phonological Awareness
Vocabulary Pairs
Following Directions
Listening Comprehension
Sentence Comprehension

3. What is FLKRS? Components Work Sampling System (WSS)
Observational Tool
Five Domains
Personal and Social Development
Language and Literacy
Mathematical Thinking
Scientific Thinking
Physical Development, Health, and Safety
45 Skills observed during classroom activities

4. Assessment Schedule Send Parent Letters Home
Letters located in PMRN
Send during first week of school (or ASAP thereafter as become available)
English, Spanish, Haitian-Creole
WSS Observations (Days 1 – 30)
Recorded on Individual Student Developmental Checklist or on Classroom Roster, transferred into PMRN
FAIR-FS K (Days )
Administered one-on-one directly through PMRN

5. Who to Test
All public school kindergarten students who enter within the first 30 days of school except for retained students
Private School kindergarten students who attended a VPK program
Some ESE students with Potentially Limiting Physical Conditions may not be able to be assessed but every student should be given the opportunity to participate
Survey 8 is used to generate students in PMRN for Public Schools. Private Schools will hand-enroll all students into PMRN.
Survey 8 uploads begin August 20, will be updated on Wednesdays
Students and teachers should be available in PMRN on August 25

6. Responsibilities School Principal Reading Coach/PMRN Manager
Confirm access to DOE Single Sign On for all Staff
Register School and Reading Coach as PMRN Manager
Enter school schedule into PMRN
Reading Coach/PMRN Manager
Verify/Approve Access for Teachers
Add or Remove Users
Verify Students/Create Classes
Record Coach’s Log
Train Teachers/Test Administrators
Access Score Reports, utilize for guiding instruction

7. Responsibilities School Coordinator Test Administrators
Ensure all test administrators are trained on FLKRS and PMRN
Ensure test administrators have access to the PMRN
Distribute FLKRS materials to test administrators
Monitor the testing window to ensure test administrators record results in PMRN by Day 30. WSS won’t be available after Day 30.
Test Administrators
Screen kindergarteners
Record student observations for the WSS benchmarks in the PMRN system using K-2 EST
Share student results with parents during conferences, etc.

8. New PMRN Addresses
(DOE Single Sign On – for public schools)
fs/pmrn.asp Private Schools will register for PMRN here (DOE’s PMRN Information Webpage)
(Private schools use to access PMRN once registered)

9. New Service Center Information
Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) Integrated Education Network Service Center
Provide support via the PMRN v4, K-2 AIR, 3-12 WAM, and FAIR-FS
Operational Hours
Monday – Friday
6:00 AM – 7:30 PM ET
Contact via Phone or

10. Administering FAIR-FS K

11. Frequently Asked Questions
For questions regarding
Contact
Student exemption from FLKRS
Just Read, Florida!
Case by case considerations
Your district office
Assistance accessing FLKRS components
FLDOE Integrated Education Network Service Center  

12. Accessing FAIR-FS K for FLKRS
Accessing FLKRS Administration
Accessed by Reading Level Users
Teacher must have Kindergarten class assigned
FLKRS administration is completed via
Reading Level FLKRS Data Entry page
K-2 AIR for FAIR-FS Screening tasks
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FLKRS administration is accessed by Reading Level Users (Reading Teachers) for their assigned Kindergarten classes.
The Reading Teacher will complete the FLKRS administration via three sources
Entering FLKRS Demographic information is completed via the Reading Teacher’s FLKRS Data Entry page in the PMRN
Printing the WSS printable materials via the PMRN, to include the WSS Student Score Booklet (SSB) and Teacher Administration Manual (TAM)
Data entry for the WSS is currently being developed by the FLDOE
Assessing the FAIR-FS Screening tasks via the K-2 AIR

13. Accessing FLKRS – Sign In
Upon Sign In, the Reading Teacher will
access the PMRN or K-2 through the PMRN portal
Click the PMRN Admin Panel or K-2 button
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Upon Sign In, the Reading Teacher will access the PMRN through the PMRN SSO portal.
Via the PMRN SSO Portal page, the Reading Teacher will either click the PMRN Administration Panel button or K-2 button to access.
If the Reading Teacher clicks the PMRN Administration Panel button, he or she will be taken to his or her Reading Level Home Page.
If the Reading Teacher clicks the K-2 button, he or she will be taken to the page where he or she may download the K-2 AIR and print materials for the FLKRS.

14. K-2 AIR Access and Download
For offline administration – download to each device used for assessing students
Public Schools sign in via SSO Portal
Private Schools sign in via
Click K-2 button
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The download links for the K-2 AIR may be accessed by:
School Level 1, 2, and 3 Users
Reading and Resource Level Users
Assessment Team Members
To access the AIR download links, Users must:
Sign In to the PMRN via the SSO Portal
Click the K-2 button to access the K-2 Materials Download page
The User will then view the K-2 AIR installation instructions.

15. K-2 AIR Access and Download
K-2 AIR Installation Instructions
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16. K-2 AIR Access and Download
K-2 AIR Download Options
Windows SSO (Public)
Windows Non-SSO(Private)
Click link to install
Mac SSO
Mac Non-SSO
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Via the K-2 AIR Download page, four (4) download links are available. The links are categorized in two ways:
1: SSO schools and Non-SSO schools
2: Schools using Windows based computers and schools using Mac computers
Depending on the type of school and computer being used, the User will click on the download link that is applicable to him or her.

17. K-2 AIR Access and Download
Computer Administrative Privileges Needed
Click Install Now to install K-2 AIR
Adobe AIR Software Installation needed if not already on your computer
Follow installation wizard instructions
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Users that are using a school computer may need administrative privileges to download and install the K-2 AIR. IF a User does not have administrative privileges on his or her computer, he or she should contact his or her school IT or computer specialist.
If a User does not have the Adobe AIR software installed on his or her computer, once the appropriate download link is selected, the AIR software will automatically be installed before the K-2 AIR application.
After the installation of the K-2 AIR application is complete, the application will launch automatically if the User selects the “Start application after installation” checkbox.

18. Used for VPK Provider Rating
FAIR-FS K Flow of Tasks
Alphabetics
Phonological Awareness
Letter Sounds
Oral Language
Vocabulary Pairs
Following Directions
Comprehension
Listening Comprehension
Sentence Comprehension
Used for VPK Provider Rating
Presenter:
“A federal grant from the Institute of Education Sciences funded a study to explore the components of reading comprehension at each grade level. The FCRR research team found that the most important predictors include Alphabetics (which includes Spelling), Vocabulary, Sentence Comprehension, and Following Directions. These tasks were developed to fit these areas.”
Additional Information:
The system for linking sounds to letters is referred to as the alphabetic principle.
Computer determines PLS based on student performance on the alphabetics and oral language tasks. Comprehension task is chosen by the computer based on the PLS score.

19. FAIR-FS K Screening Tasks
All directions, practice items, and items delivered via audio file on computer
Each task computer-adaptive
Reduces administration time and frustration by only administering items targeted to individual student’s ability level
Total administration time for the screening will be approximately 30 minutes, depending on grade level
Screening can be administered over several sessions if needed
If a task is started, ensure that task is completed before ending the session
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K is approximately 30 minutes, 1st grade approximately minutes, and 2nd grade approximately 25 – 30 minutes
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The recorded audio will deliver the directions for the task to the student. Each task has 2 practice items (unless otherwise noted) and provides corrective feedback for the practice items only.

20. FAIR-FS K Screening Tasks
Screening tasks are administered 1-on-1 and fall into 3 types:
Student and Teacher Task: Both the assessor and student see the screen, but only the teacher uses the mouse (e.g. LS) or
Student Task: Both see the screen, but the student uses the mouse (e.g. FD)
Teacher Task: Only the assessor sees the screen and uses the mouse (e.g. PA)
Presenter: “These are the icons that will appear on the computer to indicate the positions of teacher and student and for tasks.”
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Additional Information:
Where the Student Task icon is seen, both the teacher and student are looking at the screen but the student is responsible for selecting the answers in the task. This includes the Vocabulary Pairs, Sentence Comprehension, Following Directions, and Spelling tasks.
Where the Teacher Task icon is seen, only the teacher is looking at the screen and she/he marks the student’s response. The Letter Sounds, Phonological Awareness, and Listening Comprehension tasks are all Teacher Tasks.
In the Word Reading and Reading Comprehension tasks, the student is looking at the screen, but the teacher marks the responses.

21. Screen Elements: Submit Button
For Letter Sounds, the teacher will mark correct/incorrect responses by clicking the arrow at bottom right-hand corner of the screen
To indicate a correct response, the teacher will click the top half of the arrow
To indicate an incorrect response, the teacher will click the bottom half of the arrow
Clicking a second time on the same part of the arrow will confirm/submit the response and advance to the next item
To change the response, click the opposite side of the area
Click again to confirm the response
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A helpful reminder for teachers/test administrators is thumbs up (correct response), click the top half of the arrow and thumbs down (incorrect response) click the bottom half of the arrow.

22. Screen Elements: Submit Button
For all tasks other than Letter Sounds, it does not matter where the arrow is clicked. Since the computer records the response, either based on the tester’s input (Phonological Awareness) or the student’s input (Following Directions, Vocabulary Pairs, Sentence Comprehension), the split arrow functionality is not activated.
The arrow looks the same, so that students are minimally aware of the tasks when their performance is being scored in front of them by the teacher.
Answers for these tasks are submitted after
only one click.
There is no back button. Ensure that the student’s
final answer is chosen before clicking the arrow.

23. Screen Elements: Repeat Button
To repeat audio instructions, click on the replay button in the
lower left hand corner
Type the word code PLAY (or play) into the replay prompt box
Audio for each item may only be repeated once
If the student asks for the audio to be repeated again, ask them to try and give their best answer and then move on
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Additional Information
The repeat audio button is included ONLY for extenuating circumstances. The adult administering the assessment is the only person who can authorize the audio to replay.

24. Screen Elements: Reset Button
For some tasks, students may want to change their answer before submitting (Following Directions or Vocabulary Pairs)
To reset the page to the original screen, the students can click on the “X” button in the lower left hand corner and it will reset the screen elements

25. Letter Sounds
Student sees both uppercase and lowercase letters and pronounces sound (consonant, short vowel sound, common consonant digraph)
Each student will respond to between 5 and 29 sounds
Teacher marks correct/incorrect using arrow
Time estimate
1 minute
Directions
“You will see some letters on the screen. “Tell me the sound the letter makes.”
Practice item
None
Prompt
If student provides the long vowel sound, say to the student “That’s one sound that letter can make, tell me a different one.” If the student produces the correct short vowel sound, mark it as correct.
Report output
Letter Sounds Ability Score and Percentile Rank
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Additional Information:
Not all sounds will be administered to a student. The task is computer-adaptive so that only a few letters need to be administered.

26. Letter Sounds
Presenter: “This is an example of how the letters appear. Both upper and lowercase are displayed together.”

27. Phonological Awareness
Student hears an audio file pronounce a word that has been broken into parts/phonemes
Teacher marks correct/incorrect
Time estimate
1 minute
Directions
Listen as I say some words. If I say pig…tail, I know the word is pigtail.
Practice item
“What would the word be if I say cup… cake?” If correct, say: “Yes, the word is cupcake.”
Report output
Phonemic Awareness Ability Score and Percentile Rank
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28. Phonological Awareness
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29. Vocabulary Pairs
Requires students to match words that are semantically related
Student hears words pronounced and clicks the two words that go together
Time estimate
2 minutes
Directions
“Look at the boxes with words on the screen. Two of these go together. I will name each one and you will click on the two that go together best.”
Practice item
“Listen carefully as I name each one: book, toothbrush, toothpaste. Which two go together best?”
Report output
Vocabulary Pairs Ability Score and Percentile Rank
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30. Vocabulary Pairs
Presenter: This is an example of the Vocabulary Pairs task. The boxes are highlighted as the word is read to the student.”
Audio: “Listen carefully as I name each one: blue, triangle, yellow. Which two go together best?”

31. Following Directions
Student hears a sentence with directions (may be single or multi-step) and responds by selecting or moving objects on the screen
Time estimate
2 minutes
Directions
“Look at the pictures on the screen. You will hear a sentence and I want you to click the item named.”
Practice item
Let’s try one. Click the book.
This time I want you to click the pictures in the order you hear them. Click the heart, then click the plane.
For this item, you will have to move a picture. Let’s try one. Put the cat on the line.”
Report output
Following Directions Ability Score and Percentile Rank
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Additional Information:
*Based on results from a cross-sectional and longitudinal study conducted by Foorman, Petscher, and Wagner.

32. Following Directions
Presenter: “This is an example of the Following Directions task. Student hears a direction and uses mouse to complete task.”
Audio: “Click on the book, then click on the plane.”

33. Comprehension
This set of tasks is used to help develop a full student profile beyond measures in the screening to guide instruction aligned to LAFS
Tasks include Listening and Sentence Comprehension
The Listening comprehension task consists of a passage read by the teacher from the computer screen and five questions read to the student
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Presenter:
“All students in Kindergarten are administered a listening comprehension passage at AP1 and AP2. The passage administered will be randomly chosen by the computer.”

34. Listening Comprehension
Passages are informational and narrative
Five comprehension questions per passage (three explicit and two inferential)
Time estimate
5 minutes
Directions
(Listening Comprehension) “Listen while I read __(title)__. When I’m finished, I will ask you a few questions. Ready? Listen carefully.”
Practice item
None
Report output
Listening Comprehension Ability Score and Percentile Rank
Presenter: “The Listening compresension task consists of a passage read by the teacher from the computer screen and five questions read to the student. The student’s PLS will be used to identify a passage that is matched to the student’s ability level.”

35. Listening Comprehension
Presenter: “This is an example of the Listening Comprehension task. Only the teacher sees this screen containing the questions. The passage will be provided on the screen for the teacher to read prior to this.”

36. Sentence Comprehension
Student hears a sentence and clicks the one picture (out of four) that best fits the sentence
Time estimate
2 minutes
Directions
“Look at the pictures on the screen. You will hear a sentence and I want you to click the picture that best goes with the sentence.”
Practice item
“Click on The baby is crying.”
Report output
Sentence Comprehension Ability Score and Percentile Rank
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Additional Information:
*Based on results from a cross-sectional and longitudinal study conducted by Foorman, Petscher, and Wagner.

37. Sentence Comprehension
Presenter: “This is an example of a Sentence Comprehension task.”
Audio: “Click on: The bird is flying toward the nest.”

38. FAIR-FS K Scoring and Reporting

39. K-2 Accessing Reports PMRN v4 Reports available
School Reports (School Level)
School Report
School Missing Score Report
Assessment Calendar
Edit School Registration function
Teacher Report (School, Reading, Resource Level)
Class Report (School, Reading, Resource Level)
Student Report (School, Reading, Resource Level)
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At the beginning of the school year, PMRN reports are still being developed by the FLDOE. Listed below are reports that will be available towards the beginning of the school year:
School Reports (School Level)
School Report
School Missing Score Report
Assessment Calendar
Edit School Registration function
Teacher Report (School, Reading, Resource Level)
Class Report (School, Reading, Resource Level)
Student Report (School, Reading, Resource Level)
Access to the PMRN Reports is dependent on the Access Level of the User.

40. K-2 Accessing Reports School Level
School Level Users
Sign In
Click the tab of the Report Level you wish to view
School Reports
Reading Class Reports
Teacher Reports
Student Reports
Click the linked name of the Report
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School Users are able to view Reports from all Reporting tabs in the PMRN via their Access Level, including:
School Level Reports
Reading Class Level Reports
Teacher Level Reports
Student Level Reports
To view reports in the PMRN, School Level Users should:
Sign In to the PMRN
Click the tab of the level of report they wish to view
Under the specified tab, click the linked name of the report

41. K-2 Accessing Reports Reading, Resource Level
Reading and Resource Level Users
Sign In
Click the tab of the Report Level you wish to view
Student Reports
Class Reports
Teacher Reports
Click the linked name of the Report
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Reading and Resource Level Users are able to view the following levels of Reports via the PMRN:
Student Level Reports
Class Level Reports
Teacher Level Reports
To view reports in the PMRN, Reading and Resource Level Users should:
Sign In to the PMRN
Click the tab of the level of report they wish to view
Under the specified tab, click the linked name of the report

42. Score Reports Detailed reports for teachers and parents
Includes profile of student scores
Graphs to show ability scores in relation to grade level performance
Screening tasks:
Ability scores
Percentile ranks
Probability of Literacy Success (PLS)
Presenter:
Additional Information:
The Progress Monitoring and Reporting Network (PMRN) is Florida’s web-based data management system for reporting of data related to student reading achievement and instructional practices. Schools will assign various user levels so that teachers, reading coaches, and administrators will be able to access FAIR-FS score reports for students.

43. Probability of Literacy Success (PLS)
Score represents the likelihood that a student will receive a passing score on the end-of-year outcome measure
“Passing score” is based on student’s ability to reach a score of 40% on SESAT or SAT10. This will not predict success on state FSAs or SBAs, therefore our public schools will not use PLS score.
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Additional Information:
This score helps you to determine which students are at-risk and which students are at the most risk. This score should indicate who needs intervention, but it does not help when specifying what the intervention needs to be.
The SESAT is the outcome measure for Kindergarten and is a test of Word Reading.
The SAT-10 is given at the end of grades 1 and 2 and is a measure of Reading Comprehension.

44. Ability Scores
Scores represent an estimate of ability in a specific skill and reflects true change over time as ability increases or decreases
Covers a range of ability from Kindergarten to grade 2
Scores range from 200 – 800 (standard deviation of 100)
Based upon middle of year assessments of norming group
Indicates degree of growth for each student
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45. Percentile Ranks
Score is used to rank one student’s performance in relation to a particular group of other students
Ranges from 1 – 99 (25th through 75th percentile represents the expected scoring range)
Based on a representative sample of Florida students
Kindergarten student with a percentile rank of 55 performed better than 55% of other Kindergarten students in Florida
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46. Score Types for Computer-Adaptive Tasks
What it reflects
What it does NOT reflect
Ability score
Quantifies a student’s level of skill and reflects changes
Scale ranges from a minimal amount of skill to expert
Performance compared to other students
Grade-level performance
Percentile rank
Student’s ability compared to other students in the same grade
Percentage of correct responses
Growth
Level of expected performance
Probability of Literacy Success
Likelihood the student will score at the 40th percentile or above on the SAT-10
Likelihood of obtaining a passing score on end-of-year test
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Presenter:
“Please note that none of these scores provides a score that serves as a ‘cut-point’ or pass/fail or ‘meets grade-level expectations’’. Each score is provided to answer a specific question.
An ability score provides an estimate of the development of a student’s ability in a particular skill and should change as student’s ability with the skill increases or decreases.
A percentile rank score is used to rank a student performance in relation to other student’s in a specific group. The specific group for FAIR-FS is a sample of students in the same grade that are demographically representative of the state of Florida.”
The PLS is interpreted similarly to the PRS (Probability of Reading Success) from the original FAIR. This score helps you to determine which students are at-risk and which students are at the most risk. This score indicates who needs intervention, but it does not help when specifying what the intervention needs to be.

47. Screening Report Example
PLS = 0.65
WR = Word Reading
VP = Vocabulary Pairs
FD = Following Directions
SC = Sentence Comprehension
Generally, a skill should be targeted for instruction when scoring below the 30th percentile
The lower bars represent skills that are relative weaknesses for a student and higher bar indicate relative strengths
Presenter: “Based on a student’s performance on the Alphabetics and Oral Language Tasks, the computer determined that the student’s Probability of Literacy Success (PLS) was 0.65.”
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Additional Information:
The screening tasks will always provide a profile of relative strengths and weaknesses (whether the student has a PLS greater than 0.85 or less than 0.85). Those areas that are considered weaknesses for a student is a good area for targeting differentiated instruction, particularly if those areas are below the 30th percentile.
The strengths are also very helpful to draw on during instruction.
In this student’s results, we see that decoding (Word Reading) and vocabulary are areas that the student is at-risk.

48. Communicating with Parents
Computer-generated parent resource letters will be available
Letters will contain information on strength and weaknesses and skills targeted for instruction
Letter will also include resources on strengthening reading skills assessed in FAIR-FS
Presenter: It is not permissible to student’s scores unless parental permission is obtained.
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49. Contact Information
Colleen Risner
Shawn Harrold