Spring/Summer 2024 Florida Statewide Assessments

Transcript:Spring/Summer 2024 Florida Statewide Assessments:
Spring/Summer 2024 Florida Statewide Assessments Training Materials for Test Administrators B.E.S.T. Writing Statewide Science FSA and FAST Retakes End-of-Course Assessments Florida Civic Literacy Exam Grades 3–10 FAST PM3 Overview These training materials are based on the Spring/Summer 2024 Test Administration Manual (Spring/Summer 2024 Manual). The manual is provided in an online format only and is posted to the Florida Statewide Assessments Portal. This presentation is designed to highlight important information regarding test administration policies and procedures. This presentation is not a replacement for reading the Spring/Summer 2024 Manual. 2 Test Administration Manual Instructions for administering the computer-based B.E.S.T. Writing, End-of-Course (EOC) Assessments, Florida Civic Literacy Exam, FSA and FAST Retakes, Grades 3–10 FAST PM3, and Statewide Science Assessments are included in the Spring/Summer 2024 Manual. 3 In the slides that follow, the right portion of the header will indicate when slides are relevant to computer-based testing (CBT), paper-based testing (PBT), or both CBT and PBT: 4 Navigating This Presentation What’s New Details regarding paper-based accommodations, including policies, procedures, and instructions, are now included in the 2023–2024 Statewide Assessments Accommodations Guide instead of being included in this manual. A new portal page is available for test administrators and school staff to easily find test administration resources such as forms, signs, and accommodated scripts. Visit https://flfast.org/test-admin-resources.html to access the new page for FAST or https://fsassessments.org/test-admin-resources.html to access the new page for all other tests. 5 What’s New The Grades 5 and 8 Statewide Science Assessment has moved from a paper-based administration to a computer-based administration. Paper-based accommodations are available for eligible students with an Individual Education Plan (IEP) or Section 504 Plan. Paper-based B.E.S.T. EOC and FAST Mathematics assessments no longer have response grids as these assessments are entered into the DEI instead of being scanned for scoring. To replace the grids, students will write responses for some items in a shaded response box. See the Paper-Based Sample Test Materials on the Florida Statewide Assessments Portal for more details. 6 PBT CBT What’s New Student responses for paper-based accommodations (regular print, large print, and one-item-per-page) for the FAST, Statewide Science, Biology 1, Civics, U.S. History, Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) End-of-Course (EOC) assessments, and the Florida Civic Literacy Exam (FCLE) will be entered by local personnel into the Data Entry Interface (DEI) for scoring. Braille materials for these assessments may be entered locally into the DEI or may be returned to