Florida Standards Assessment (FSA)
The FSA is administered in third grade for the first time.
The Reading and Math portion of this test is paper-based.
i-Ready is an amazing tool to help your child be well prepared for these two tests. Please make sure your child is completing the weekly assigned lessons.
Information will be posted as it is given to me, but for now you can visit the following links for more information:
What Parents Should Know Common Core State Standards Initiative
www.corestandards.org
http://floridastandards.dadeschools.net/
Test Dates: TBA
(Florida Standards Assessments English Language Arts-Reading Paper)
The FSA is administered in third grade for the first time.
The Reading and Math portion of this test is paper-based.
i-Ready is an amazing tool to help your child be well prepared for these two tests. Please make sure your child is completing the weekly assigned lessons.
Information will be posted as it is given to me, but for now you can visit the following links for more information:
What Parents Should Know Common Core State Standards Initiative
www.corestandards.org
http://floridastandards.dadeschools.net/
Test Dates: TBA
(Florida Standards Assessments English Language Arts-Reading Paper)
Preparing for the FSA
How Can I Help My Child Prepare for the FSA?
Since FSA exams are based on standards taught to your child throughout the school year, it is important to remind your child to pay attention in class, take notes, and keep up with classwork and homework, particularly in English and Math classes.
For better results on FSA ELA, you can have your child read a certain amount of pages or minutes weekly or even nightly. Consistent reading is the best way to enhance vocabulary and improve reading comprehension. Your child doesn’t need to read a textbook or classic text; help her/him pick a book on a subject she/he enjoys.
However, the most effective way to prepare for this type of exam is by completing practice questions and full-length practice tests to increase confidence and familiarity. FSA practice tests can also help you assess what areas your child needs to improve on prior to the test.
Ask your child to explain his answers to each question. This gives you the opportunity to reinforce logical thinking and, if needed, brainstorm a better way to approach the question in the future.
And the most clichéd test-taking tip still rings true: ensure that your child receives a good night’s sleep and a nutritious, filling breakfast before taking his exam.
Help your child work though FSA practice tests and be supportive and encouraging, and you’ll be doing your part to help your child ace the FSA.
Since FSA exams are based on standards taught to your child throughout the school year, it is important to remind your child to pay attention in class, take notes, and keep up with classwork and homework, particularly in English and Math classes.
For better results on FSA ELA, you can have your child read a certain amount of pages or minutes weekly or even nightly. Consistent reading is the best way to enhance vocabulary and improve reading comprehension. Your child doesn’t need to read a textbook or classic text; help her/him pick a book on a subject she/he enjoys.
However, the most effective way to prepare for this type of exam is by completing practice questions and full-length practice tests to increase confidence and familiarity. FSA practice tests can also help you assess what areas your child needs to improve on prior to the test.
Ask your child to explain his answers to each question. This gives you the opportunity to reinforce logical thinking and, if needed, brainstorm a better way to approach the question in the future.
And the most clichéd test-taking tip still rings true: ensure that your child receives a good night’s sleep and a nutritious, filling breakfast before taking his exam.
Help your child work though FSA practice tests and be supportive and encouraging, and you’ll be doing your part to help your child ace the FSA.
FSA ELA Reading
The test consists of 56-66 questions and is administered as follows:
Florida’s ELA standards, test questions are divided into four categories:
- Grades 3-5: Two 80-minute sessions
Florida’s ELA standards, test questions are divided into four categories:
- Key Ideas and Details: Students must closely read a text in order to comprehend, analyze, and summarize key information. Students will be asked to use evidence from the text to support their inferences and conclusions.
- Craft and Structure: These questions focus on a student’s ability to use context to interpret the meaning of words and phrases, determine how text structure and text features (like headings, subheadings, and images) impact meaning, and distinguish personal point of view from that of the narrator or author.
- Integration and Knowledge of Ideas: For this question type, students will be asked to integrate and analyze information that is presented in a variety of media formats, including how similar themes and topics are treated in diverse formats.
- Language and Editing: Students must demonstrate command of English grammar, usage, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling. These questions are not passage based; instead, students will read a sentence and select the answer choice that correctly revises it.
What Does My Child’s Score Report Mean?
Third grade students must score at least a 2 on the ELA Reading assessment in order to be promoted to the fourth grade.
FSA assessments, there are five possible performance levels, and students receive a score ranging from 1 to 5. Each achievement level specifies how well students have mastered grade level appropriate skills as defined by Florida standards.
Below is an explanation of what each achievement level represents:
FSA assessments, there are five possible performance levels, and students receive a score ranging from 1 to 5. Each achievement level specifies how well students have mastered grade level appropriate skills as defined by Florida standards.
Below is an explanation of what each achievement level represents:
- Level 1: Inadequate. A student who scores a 1 is considered “highly likely to need substantial support” in the next grade.
- Level 2: Below Satisfactory. Level 2 students are “likely to need substantial support” as they transition to the following grade.
- Level 3: Satisfactory. Students in this category “may need additional support” for this subject area in the next school year. Level 3 is considered passing.**
- Level 4: Proficient. Students who are deemed proficient are “likely to excel” as they begin working on this subject area in the following grade.
- Level 5: Mastery. These students are “highly likely to excel” next school year.
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