Florida Standards Alternate Assessment
(FSAA)
Performance Task Assessment
2016 School Board Presentation
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FSAA eligible students
Who are we?
What are we able to do?
Where do we work?
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2016 Florida Standards Alternate Assessment
2016 FSAA
Datafolio
Performance
Task
(being developed
state wide )
The State recognizes the need for differences even at this level.
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2015-2016
FSAA guidelines
Who should administer the 2016 FSAA?
• The student’s special education teacher should administer
the assessment.
• If this is not possible, the assessment administrator must be a
certified teacher or other licensed professional who has
worked extensively with the student and is trained in the new
assessment procedures.
Monroe Numbers of teachers/students:
We are in the process of training a total of 25 to 30
teachers district wide.
Monroe Schools will test almost 70 students district
wide who are eligible for the FSAA via their IEPs
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Assessment Participation Checklist
Must answer YES to each of these questions to be eligible for the FSAA
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Contents and Grades Assessed
Grade
Level
ELA
Mathematics
3
X
X
4
X
X
5
X
X
6
X
X
7
X
X
8
X
X
9
X
10
X
Science
Algebra 1
EOC
Geometry
EOC
Biology
EOC
X
X
X
X
X
High
School
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FSAA Important Testing Dates
Elementary and Middle School (Grades 3-8)
Student Testing Window
February 29 – April 15, 2016
High School ELA (Grades 9 & 10) , Algebra 1, Geometry, and Biology 1
Student Testing Window
March 21, 2016 through April 29, 2016
Return of Test Materials to Piedra
Data Services
No later than May 13, 2016
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2016 Session Administration
Session 1
Session 2
• Item sets 1-10
• Adaptive: Each student
is administered Task 1.
Task 2 and Task 3 are
administered only if the
student continues to
respond correctly
without scaffolding.
• Item sets 11-19
• Non-adaptive: Each
student is administered
Task 1, Task 2, and Task
3 in each item set.
• Administration of each
task is not dependent
upon performance on
the previous task.
Session 3
(Writing only)
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• Writing Prompts 1 and 2
• Each student is
administered all five
questions and the openresponse writing
prompt.
• Administration of each
task is not dependent
upon performance on
the previous task.
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Writing Prompt 1: Selected-Response
• Five selected-response questions in response to a
passage
Writing Prompt 2: Open-Response
• Standardized scripted series of steps students create a
product in response to a passage
Writing Prompt 1: Selected
Response
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Writing Prompt 2:
Open-Response
2016 FSAA Design
Writing Field Test
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Writing Prompt 1: Selected-Response
Teacher Script
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Writing Prompt 2: Open Response
• Some students may
provide no response
• Teachers will record
“No Response”
directly onto the
Student Response
Template
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Writing Prompt 2: Open Response
Example of Annotated
Student Response
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Writing Prompt 2: Open Response
High School Student Outline and
Student Response Template
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Practice Materials and Test Materials for 2016
Available in three formats
• Paper-based kits
• PDFs versions for printing
• Available on the FSAA Training Website
• Templates for Writing Prompt 2 can be printed
• Online interactive practice tasks
**When the law requires progress monitoring and state wide tests**
.
the law requires ALL students without exception.
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