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BRIEF OVERVIEW
Florida Department of Education’sFCAT Explorer
From the Florida Department of Education FCAT Explorer www.fcatexplorer.com
Interactive, benchmarks-based practice programs
Available at no cost to all Florida public schools
Accessible from any computer connected to the Internet
Students automatically enrolled
Includes Educator Resources and a Parent & Family Guide
FCAT Explorer
From the Florida Department of Education FCAT Explorer www.fcatexplorer.com
A student’s sign-in name and password provides access to all programs
Struggling students can experience success in easier programs and work their way up
Access to all programs
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Practice Programs
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Galactic Library: 3rd Grade Benchmarks
Reading Odyssey: 4th Grade Benchmarks
Reading Island: 6th Grade Benchmarks
Reading Boardwalk: 8th Grade Benchmarks
Reading Timeline: 10th Grade Benchmarks
Math Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
Math Navigator: 8th Grade Benchmarks
Math Timeline: 10th Grade Benchmarks
MATH PROGRAMS READING PROGRAMS SCIENCE PROGRAMS
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
Science Voyager: 8th Grade Benchmarks
Science Mission: 11th Grade Benchmarks
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Reading Boardwalk: 8th Grade Benchmarks
Reading, Math, and Science Practice
Developed with strict adherence to the Sunshine State Standards and DOE’s Test Item & Performance Task Specifications
Practice items provide explicit reinforcement of the FCAT-tested benchmarks
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Designed with the help of teachers and testing specialists
Graphics explicitly illustrate science and math concepts or reading content
Reading and math practice is set in the context of other subject areas from the Sunshine State Standards
Math Navigator: 8th Grade Benchmarks
Reading, Math, and Science Practice
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Science Practice
Reviewed by teachers for difficulty level, age-appropriate content, and student interest
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
Struggling students are directed to remedial lessons to explore more difficult science concepts.
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FCAT Explorer Science Programs
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
Vocabulary exercises reinforce important science concepts
15 remedial lessons on annually assessed benchmarks
Annually assessed benchmarks include context dependent items
215 multiple-choice, short-, extended-, and open-response items
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Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
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Program Overview
From the Florida Department of Education FCAT Explorer www.fcatexplorer.com
FCAT-like practice on all FCAT-tested strands and benchmarks
Reinforces important science concepts
Available at no cost to all Florida public schools
Accessible from any computer connected to the Internet
Interactive practice program
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
From the Florida Department of Education FCAT Explorer www.fcatexplorer.com
Fidelity with the Official FCAT
Strict adherence to the Sunshine State Standards and DOE’s Test Item and Performance Task Specifications
Rigorous item development process
Items drafted by science teachers and professional item writers
Items reviewed by instructional designers, testing specialists, and professional editors
SR item in Strand G: Life and Environment
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
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FCAT-like Practice
FCAT-like practice on all tested strands and benchmarks A: Nature of Matter B: Energy C: Force and Motion D: Processes that Shape the Earth E: Earth and Space F: Processes of Life G: How Living Things Interact with Their
Environment H: Scientific Thinking
MC item in Strand G: Life and Environmental
215 FCAT-like practice items 125 Multiple Choice (MC)
45 Context Dependent (CD)
24 Short Response (SR)
6 Extended Response (ER)
15 Open Response (OR)
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
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FCAT-like Practice
Same style, format, scope and cognitive level as FCAT
Reviewed by teachers for interest and difficulty
Number of items per benchmark based on teacher recommendation
Difficulty of benchmark
Difficulty for struggling students
ER item in Strand H: Scientific Thinking
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
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Instructional Support
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
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1ST ATTEMPT
CORRECT
Learning Guidance
Congratulations!
Correct Answer Explanation (CAE)
Confirms the elements that make an answer correct
Reinforces effective skill application
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
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1ST ATTEMPT INCORRECT
Learning Guidance
Includes hints to clarify the question without giving away the answer
Immediate second chance to apply the skill correctly
Click on Glossary Terms for definitions of more difficult science concepts.
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
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2nd ATTEMPT
For CORRECT answer, CAE confirms and reinforces accurate skill application
For INCORRECT answer, the CAE:
Learning Guidance
Identifies correct answer
Explains why the answer the student chose was incorrect
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
From the Florida Department of Education FCAT Explorer www.fcatexplorer.com
Practice Items
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
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FCAT-like Practice Items
Same formatting details as on the FCAT
Same notation conventions as on the FCAT
MULTIPLE CHOICE (MC)
MC in Strand G: Life and Environmental
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
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Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
FCAT-like Practice Items
CONTEXT DEPENDENT MULTIPLE CHOICE (CD)
Students read a short passage
Answer three multiple choice items based on passage content
Students can review passage at any time
CD in Strand G: Life and Environmental
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Students are presented with two sample student responses and are asked to select the high scoring answer
Reinforces writing skills by comparing two sample answers.
SHORT-RESPONSE (SR)
SR in Strand E: Earth and Space
FCAT-like Practice Items
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
From the Florida Department of Education FCAT Explorer www.fcatexplorer.com
Student reads a response and assigns it a high or partial score.
Simulation strategies recommended by teachers
EXTENDED-RESPONSE (ER)
FCAT-like Practice Items
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
Based on classroom instructional practices
Requires student to compare or assess critical attributes
ER in Strand E: Earth and Space
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FCAT-like Practice Items
OPEN-RESPONSE (OR)
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
Students compose original answers
Read high-score sample response
Read explanation of attributes that earn sample response a high score
Compare student’s original
composition to high-score sample response
OR in Strand A: Nature of Matter
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Special Features
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
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Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
Linked (blue) words in first incorrect response
Click speaker icon to hear word pronounced
Definition
Spanish and Haitian Creole translations
GLOSSARY
Special Learning Features
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READ/INQUIRE/EXPLAIN (RIE) ICON
Available on SR, ER, and OR items
Students click on the RIE icon to view rubric
Rubric helps students to identify elements included in high scoring answers
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
Special Learning Features
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Special Learning Features
Links directly to items answered incorrectly
Helps students focus on skill improvement
Displays corresponding strand
CHALLENGE LIST
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
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Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
Animated Vocabulary Games
Special Learning Features
Play one of four vocabulary games upon completing a group of benchmarks
Includes repetition of question for incorrect responses
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Educators’ Tools
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
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Educators’ Tools
Classroom Teacher’s Desk
District Administrator’s Desk
School Administrator’s Desk
Curriculum resourcesTable of Strands and
Benchmarks
Item Review
Letter to Parents
Information management tools
Sign-in names and passwords
Progress Reports
Messages to students
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
From the Florida Department of Education FCAT Explorer www.fcatexplorer.com
Check progress on individuals or classes
View science data by Benchmark or Strand
Compare percentage correct before and after instructional support
Student Performance ReportsAT THE CLASSROOM TEACHER’S DESK
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
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The Parent & Family Guide
Accessible from the home page without a password
Available in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole
Helps parents, guardians, and mentors understand the Sunshine State Standards and the FCAT
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
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Linked from the home page
Download this PowerPoint presentation
Download the School Administrator’s Desk Manual
Download the Teacher’s Desk Manual
Program-specific presentations
Download other presentations
Visit the Educator Resources Page
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
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Toll-Free Help Desk
Accessible from the home page without a password
1-888-750-FCAT
1-888-750-3228
Weekdays from
7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
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To get sign-in names and passwords
School Principals:
Contact your District
Office and speak to the
FCAT Explorer District
Administrator
Teachers:
Contact your FCAT
Explorer School
Administrator
FCAT Explorer Home Page (www.fcatexplorer.com)
Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks
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Science Station: 5th Grade Benchmarks