Florida Standards Assessment Grades 6 8 Beachside Montessori

Florida Standards Assessment Grades 6 -8 Beachside Montessori Village Parent Night January 28, 2020

FSA--ELA The FSA ELA includes two components which are combined to provide a whole test scale score. 1) A text-based writing component which students respond to one writing task by writing an essay. There are 12 FL. Standards assessed in writing in 6 th & 7 th and 13 in 8 th. 2) A reading & language component in which students respond to reading passages. There are 26 FL. Standards assessed in reading in grades 6 th, 7 th, & 8 th.

FSA ELA The FSA ELA reading assessment is comprised of approximately 6 -8 reading passages with sets of 6 -11 items (questions) based on each passage. There are two types of passages: literary (40%) and informational (60%). Grammar and English conventions are assessed through a grade-level essay where they are asked to evaluate and correct errors.

FSA Sessions and Timing

FSA English Language Arts Gr. 6 -8 Test Breakdown Key Ideas • 15 -25% and Details Languag e • 15 -25% and Editing Integration of • 20 -30% Knowledge and Ideas Craft and Structure • 25 -35%

FSA ELA Reporting Categories

FSA ELA Paper Based Item Types

FSA ELA Grade 7/8 Computer Based

What does the FSA look like? ? English Language Arts Mathematics

Paper Based Item Types 6 th Grade

Computer-Based Item Types Grades 7 th/8 th

Computer-Based Item Types Grades 7 th/8 th WRITING

Florida Standards Assessment Portal http: //www. fsassessment. org

What are we doing to help your child? Teaching standards to mastery Progress monitoring and re-teaching if necessary Weekly time to complete I-Ready Differentiated Instruction Modeling and sharing activities to practice the skills and question types on the test. Lion’s Den

What can I do at home? Use Technology. Read together EVERY night. Use FSA Task Cards. Ask you child questions. Make sure your child is using TEXT EVIDENCE. Review multiplication and division tables. Review your child’s homework.

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