Assessments+and+Standards

** FDOE - 2015 Accommodations for Florida’s Statewide Student Assessments Manual **

 * This manual updates the Guide to FCAT and FCAT 2.0 Accommodations for Students with Disabilities (2010) and the Guide to Accommodations for Computer-Based FCAT, FCAT 2.0, and End of Course (EOC) Assessments (Spring, 2012) previously published by FDOE. **


 * [|Testing Accommodations 2015] **

[|FAQ Accommodations -Testing]
 * FAQ's - Accommodations for the FSA and FCAT - Published January 2015 **


 * LANGUAGE ARTS FLORIDA STANDARDS **



[|LAFS K-12 Quick Reference Guide]

 * WRITING AND THE FLORIDA STANDARDS - A FACT SHEET FOR ESE **

[|Access Project website]
 * Newly revised Access Points and related Resources aligned to the E/LA & Math Florida Standards: **



[|Florida Educator's Guide to Standards & Resources]

[|Access Points on cpalms]

[|Resources for Educators & Students - Lots of Lesson Plans!]



[|The Decision: A Message to Teachers]

[|FAQ's on the new Florida Standards Assessment]

[|Online Portal & Resources - FSA]

[|Educators - Spring 2015 ELA Writing Component]

__ [|FSA - Training Tests for Students] __

//** __TEXT-BASED WRITING RUBRICS:__ **//


 * NEW!!!! ** //** Student-Friendly Writing Rubric **//

[|FSA - Gr. 4-5 Informative/Explanatory Writing Rubric]

[|FSA - Gr. 4-5 Opinion Writing Rubric]

[|FSA - Gr. 6-11 Informative/Explanatory Writing Rubric]

[|FSA - Gr. 6-11 Argument Writing Rubric]


 * FOR TEACHERS: PD Toolkits & Modules for Implementing the Language Arts Florida Standards **

[|Teacher Resources for Formative Assessments aligned to the LAFS]

** FSA Text-Based Writing and Scoring Implications - from //Just Read Florida// **

 * [|Text-Based Writing: Implications] **



http://www.justreadflorida.com/pdf/lafsqrg.pdf




 * [|MDCPS Reading/Language Arts Website] **

Check out:

[|LAFS & FSA Technical Info]

[|Lots of "Resources for Teaching & Learning"]

[|Power Point, Text-Based Writing - Elementary (See "FSA Writing")]


 * Key Shifts of the New Standards: **

English Language Arts and Literacy
@http://www.readingrockets.org/article/51433/

Common Core Appendix C:
Samples of student writing aligned with the rigorous expectations of the Common Core standards:

For **digital media lessons aligned to Core Standards**: [|www.teachersdomain.org]