1. Leewood K-8 Center FSA Parent Night Department of English Language Arts Lori Granja Melissa Rebecchini February 11, 2015

2. Developmental Staircase of the Language Arts Florida Standards

4. Grades 6-7: paper based Grade 8: typed Students will have 90 minutes (plus 30 additional minutes should they need it).

6. Session Lengths by Grade Level and Subject FSA ELA Reading Component All FSA ELA Reading Component assessments are administered in two sessions over two days.

7. What READING REPORTING CATEGORIES FCAT 2.0 READINGFS ASSESSMENT VocabularyKey Ideas and Details Reading ApplicationCraft and Structure Literary Analysis: Fiction and Non Fiction Integration of Ideas Informational Text and Research Process Language and Editing Text-Based Writing What’s New?

8. MS Test Design Summary Assessed Standards

9. Response Mechanisms What else is New?

10. Response Mechanisms What else is New?

11. Response Mechanisms What else is New?

12. Florida Standards Assessment Reading Stimulus Guidelines OVERALL DESCRIPTION  One or more text  Informational or literary text  May be in the public domain materials  Wide array of topics  Multimedia may include audio presentations, slide shows or graphical elements  Various response mechanisms (Hot Text/2- Part Hot Text, Multiple Choice, Multi-Select, Open Response, Gridded Response) STIMULUS ATTRIBUTES  Complexity of text applicable to grade  Text complexity analysis and evaluation incorporates quantitative measures, purpose, structure and language complexity.  Qualitative and quantitative dimensions of complexity are balanced by task considerations of the reader  May include infographics, photographs, tables and diagrams  Stimuli is interesting and appealing to grade level  Events reflect literary and real- world events  Controversial, confusing, and emotionally charged content omitted REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS Read and analyze a variety of text types Make claims, arguments, and reasonable inferences based on text Synthesize information within and across texts Item Specifications Page 3

13. Range of Number of Words Item Specifications Page 3

14. Editing Task Guidelines LANGUAGE STANDARD 1.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. LANGUAGE STANDARD 1.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. OVERALL DESCRIPTION  three- or four-paragraph passage with five to six grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors STIMULUS ATTRIBUTES  editing task will be similar to a student’s essay in quality and difficulty.  complexity of the texts accessible for the applicable grade and assess the student's knowledge of grammar, usage, and language conventions. Grade Band Word Count Range 6 -8200 -250 9-11250-300 Item Specifications (back pages)

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