FLORIDA STANDARDS

ASSESSMENTS - ELA

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Transition from FCAT 2.0 to

FSA ELA AssessmentsAssessments in 2012-13 and 2013-14 Assessments in 2014-15

FCAT 2.0 Reading Grades 3 - 10 FSA English Language Arts

Grades 3 - 11

FCAT 2.0 Writing Grades 4, 8, 10 FSA English Language Arts Writing

Component Grades 4 - 11

FSA WRITING AND READING ADMINISTRATION DATES –2015

6th Grade 7th Grade

FSA Writing(90-120

minutes)

March 2nd

Paper Based

March 2nd

Paper Based

FSA ELA(Two 80 minute

sessions)

April 13th

(Session 1)

April 14th

(Session 2)

Computer

Based

April 16th

(Session 1)

April 17th

(Session 2)

Computer

Based

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ELA WRITING ASSESSMENT

• THE ELA FSA INCLUDES A WRITING COMPONENT THAT WILL BE

ADMINISTERED SEPARATELY FROM THE REST OF THE FSA ELA.

•MARCH 2, 2015

• 6TH AND 7TH GRADE STUDENTS

• REPORTED AS PART OF THE ELA SCORE

• ADMINISTERED EARLIER TO ALLOW TIME FOR HAND SCORING

• WRITING TASKS WILL BE INFORMATIVE/EXPLANATORY OR PERSUASIVE

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ELA WRITING ASSESSMENT (CONT.)INFORMATIVE/EXPLANATORY:

• WRITE AN EXPLANATORY ESSAY ABOUT…YOUR ESSAY MUST BE BASED ON IDEAS AND INFORMATION

THAT CAN BE FOUND IN THE “…” PASSAGE SET. (VARIOUS VERSIONS MAY BE USED)

• MANAGE YOUR TIME CAREFULLY, SO YOU CAN…

• READ THE PASSAGES

• PLAN YOUR RESPONSE

• WRITE YOUR RESPONSE

• AND REVISE/EDIT YOUR RESPONSE

• BE SURE TO…

• USE EVIDENCE AND AVOID OVERLY RELYING ON ONE SOURCE

• YOUR RESPONSE SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF A MULTI-PARAGRAPH ESSAY

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ELA WRITING ASSESSMENT (CONT.)ARGUMENTATION (PERSUASIVE)

WRITE AN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY IN WHICH YOU… USE THE INFORMATION FROM THE TEXTS IN YOUR ESSAY

(VARIOUS VERSIONS MAY BE USED)

MANAGE YOUR TIME CAREFULLY SO THAT YOU CAN…

READ THE PASSAGES

PLAN YOUR RESPONSE

WRITE YOUR RESPONSE

REVISE AND EDIT YOUR RESPONSE

BE SURE TO…

INCLUDE A CLAIM

ADDRESS ANY COUNTERCLAIMS

USE EVIDENCE FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES

AVOID OVERLY RELYING ON ONE SOURCE

YOUR RESPONSE SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF A MULTIPARAGRAPH ESSAY.

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ELA WRITING ASSESSMENT – (CONT.)

• 90 MINUTES WILL BE GIVEN TO READ, PLAN, WRITE, AND EDIT. STUDENTS NEEDING

MORE TIME WILL BE ALLOWED 30 ADDITIONAL MINUTES.

• STUDENTS WITH IEP ACCOMMODATIONS WILL RECEIVE ACCOMMODATIONS BASED

ON THEIR CURRENT IEP.

• ALL STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO INDEPENDENTLY READ THE TEXT PASSAGES AS THIS

IS A LITERACY ASSESSMENT BASED ON GRADE LEVEL TEXT.

• THREE LINED PAGES WILL BE PROVIDED; ONE ADDITIONAL PAGE WILL BE PROVIDED

FOR PLANNING; PLANNING SHEETS WILL NOT BE SCORED.

• THE USE OF MECHANICAL PENCILS IS NOT ALLOWED; THE LEAD APPEARS TOO LIGHT.

STUDENTS WILL USE #2 PENCILS.

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CITING EVIDENCE – GRADES 6 & 7

• INFORMAL CITATIONS ARE ACCEPTABLE

• TITLE OF ARTICLE, PASSAGE

• AUTHOR’S NAME

• PARAGRAPH NUMBER

• DIRECTION QUOTATION WITH TAG LINE

FSA READING OVERVIEW: ITEM TYPES

• MULTIPLE CHOICE

• MULTI-SELECT

• GRID ITEMS

• HOT TEXT

• OPEN RESPONSE

• EVIDENCE BASED SELECTED RESPONSE

• EDITING TASK

• EDITING TASK CHOICE

• MULTIMEDIA

EXAMPLE MULTIPLE CHOICE

EXAMPLE MULTI-SELECT

EXAMPLE GRID ITEM

EXAMPLE HOT TEXT

EXAMPLE MULTIMEDIA/LISTENING