2021-2022 5th Grade State Testing - Ebtk8

2021-2022 th 5 Grade State Testing

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OBJECTIVE Our objective for today is to explain the State Assessments and answer any questions you may have.

What are the Florida Standards Assessments? The FSA serve Florida students by measuring education gains and progress

Which state assessments will my child take? Tests Administered FSA English Language Arts Grade Levels 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X FSA ELA Writing Component FSA Mathematics FCAT 2.0 Science X X ALL TESTS IN 5TH GRADE ARE PAPER-BASED X

When Will the Assessments Take Place Note: Dates are Tentative FSA ELA Writing Thursday, April 7th, 2022 FSA ELA Paper-Based Monday, May 2nd – Tuesday, May 3rd FSA Math Paper-Based Monday, May 9th – Tuesday, May 10th NGSSS Science Paper-Based Monday, May 16th – Tuesday, May 17th

How much time will my child have to complete the test? ELA WRITING : One Session- 120 minutes ELA : Day 1, session 1 - 80 minutes Day 2, session 2 – 80 minutes MATH : Day 1, session 1 - 80 minutes Day 2, session 2 – 80 minutes SCIENCE: Day 1, Session 1- 80 minutes Day 2, Session 2- 80 minutes

FSA Performance Levels

Grade-Level Assessment Scale Scores for Each Achievement Level

Test Item Specifications The ELA Reading and Mathematics assessments contain 56–66 items. Test session lengths are as follows: o ELA Reading: Two 80-minute sessions o Mathematics: Two 80-minute sessions The ELA Writing component of the ELA assessment consists of one text-based constructed-response item (students read a variety of texts (Sources) and respond to a prompt). Students take the ELA Writing on paper and have three lined pages on which to write their responses. The ELA Writing test is administered in one 120minute session. The NGSSS Science Assessment are administered in two 80-minute sessions.

Information on ELA Writing Test Opinion or Informative Students will have between 2-4 articles to read about the assigned topic. Examples include: Write an informative essay in which you explain how technology has helped explorers overcome challenges related to deep-sea exploration. Write an opinion essay: Should your city adopt a bike sharing program All articles will give a different piece of information about the topic. Students must read the articles, then write their own essay using evidence from the articles and elaborate.

Scoring for FSA Writing There will be three scores per essay which will be totaled at the end for a final score. Purpose, Focus, and Organization (0-4 point rubric) Evidence and Elaboration (0-4 point rubric) Conventions of Standard English (0-2 point rubric) The maximum score is 10 points.

FSA ELA Sample Questions

Sample 5th Grade FSA ELA Passage

Sample 5th Grade FSA Reading Test Questions

Editing Tasks

FSA Math Sample Questions

Florida Statewide 5th Grade Science Assessment The test is an application based/scenario question test.

Sample Florida Statewide Science Assessment Questions

IReady- Must be done weekly in Math and Reading with an overall passing rate of 75% or better. Imagine learning for ELL 1 28

Any questions? Please make sure to visit www.fsassessments.org for on-going information and to view the practice tests. 29

How will Attendance Affect my Child? Students will have to take the test during selected makeup days Students must take session 1 prior to taking session 2 Make-ups are not administered by the homeroom teacher Make-ups are held in a different class with a different teacher and students

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Test Item Specifications The ELA Reading and Mathematics assessments contain 56-66 items. Test session lengths are as follows: o ELA Reading: Two 80-minute sessions o Mathematics: Two 80-minute sessions The ELA Writing component of the ELA assessment consists of one text-based constructed-response item (students read a variety of texts (Sources) and