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Student Assessment Literacy ProjectStudent Assessment Literacy Project
“SAL-P”“SAL-P”
Why should you be assessment literate?Why should you be assessment literate?
It is your right to be informed and to know on what you will be assessed how you will be assessed what the scores mean your strength and weaknesses
The purpose of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT), the Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI), and the SSS District Diagnostic Test
How to read and interpret all student FCAT and SRI reports, and MOST OF ALL…
Where you ARE and where you need or WANT to be
What will you learn?What will you learn?
What would you do if you buy a toy and it breaks after only ONE day? Why?
1. What are standards?
2. Why is assessment so important?
3. What does accountability mean?
4. In what ways are these three concepts related?
What would you do if you bought an iPod and it ONLY lasted one week? Why?
What would you do if you bought an iPod and it ONLY lasted one week? Why?
The answer to these FOUR questions
What should you know?What should you know?
How is “testing” related to career success?
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Low High
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Landscaping Laborer = $22,470Military Service = $21,000
Construction worker = $25,830Carpenter = $38,970
Court Clerk = $35,790
Paralegal = $48,220
Executive Secretary = $40,400
Advertizing Sales = $43,080
Electrical Engineer = $57,130
Registered Nurse = $63,430
Firefighter = $59,930Math Teacher = $59,130
Accountant $67,310Surgeon = $165,300
Reading Ability
Reading and Salary in the Workplace
Reading and Salary in the Workplace
Information compiled from U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2008 -West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division average http://www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm
Reading,
Writing,
Mathematics, and
Science
To ASSESS whether or not you are learning the Sunshine State Standards benchmarks in
What is the purpose of the FCAT/Sunshine State Standards (SSS)?
To describe your reading comprehension level, check your progress throughout the year and from year to year.
What is the purpose of the Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI)?
To predict your FCAT Level and give your teacher input on your strengths and weaknesses.
What is the purpose of the SSS Diagnostic test?
• move from grade to grade
• move into higher education
• enter careers in today’s (1) technologically-driven, (2) increasingly global, and (3) competitively intense workplace
It is the instrument the state uses to make sure that every student has the knowledge and skills they need to:
Why is the FCAT so important?
To pass or retain students – ONLY in Third Grade
As a graduation requirement
To grade schools – The school grade is based on the percent of students who score at Level 3 or above and the percent of students who demonstrate learning gains in all levels
For course selection – Student scores in Reading and Mathematics will determine course selections
How are the FCAT scores used?
(For example: Intensive Reading and/or Intensive Mathematics versus electives, regular and/or honor classes)
Take a look at your scores NOW…
To do better in school, To do better in school, you need to know you need to know where you are and where you are and
where you need or where you need or want to be.want to be.
SAL-P Individual Student ReportSAL-P Individual Student Report
Student NameID
School NameSchool Name
This score describes how well you are learning the SSS benchmarks in Reading and Mathematics.
It is based on what you are expected to know in your grade level
It is used to find out your progress from grade to grade.
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
What should your FCAT/SSS Reading and Mathematics Developmental Scale Score (DSS) goal be?
A DSS at Level 3 or above.
Grade Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
3 86-1045 1046-1197
1198-1488
1489-1865
1866-2514
4 295-1314 1315-1455
1456-1689
1690-1964
1965-2638
5 474-1341 1342-1509
1510-1761
1762-2058
2059-2713
6 539-1449 1450-1621
1622-1859
1860-2125
2126-2758
7 671-1541 1542-1714
1715-1944
1945-2180
2181-2767
8 886-1695 1696-1881
1882-2072
2073-2281
2282-2790
9 772-1771 1772-1971
1972-2145
2146-2297
2298-2943
10 844-1851 1852-2067
2068-2218
2219-2310
2311-3008
FCAT Achievement Levels and Developmental Scores
FCAT Achievement Levels and Developmental Scores
Grade Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
3 375-1078 1079-1268
1269-1508
1509-1749
1750-2225
4 581-1276 1277-1443
1444-1657
1658-1862
1863-2330
5 569-1451 1452-1631
1632-1768
1769-1956
1957-2456
6 770-1553 1554-1691
1692-1859
1860-2018
2019-2492
7 958-1660 1661-1785
1786-1938
1939-2079
2080-2572
8 1025-1732
1733-1850
1851-1997
1998-2091
2092-2605
9 1238-1781
1782-1900
1901-2022
2023-2141
2142-2596
10 1068-1831
1832-1946
1947-2049
2050-2192
2193-2709
Reading
Mathematics
4 points or higher on the essay (Range is 0 to 6 points)
What should your FCAT Writing+ score goal be?
Scores describe the quality of your writing and your knowledge of four writing skills: focus, organization, support, and conventions.
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I got a 5.
I got a 4.
Administered at Grades 4, 8, 10
This score describes how well you are learning the SSS benchmarks in Science.
It is based on what you are expected to know at your grade level
What should your FCAT/SSS Science Scale Score goal be?
A Scale Score at Level 3 or above.
Grade Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
5 100-272 273-322 323-376 377-416 417-500
8 100-269 270-324 325-386 387-431 432-500
11 100-278 279-323 324-379 380-424 425-500
What should your SRI Lexile goal be?
Grade Level
On-Grade Level Lexile Score
(Equivalent to FCAT Level 3)
3 456
4 643
5 779
6 836
The Reading Lexile that corresponds to your grade level or higher. (See chart below.)
This score
describes your reading level,
is used to check your reading progress, and
is used to select books that are right for your reading ability.
Note: Lexiles range from below zero to 1800 or more.Note: Lexiles range from below zero to 1800 or more.
Grade
Level
On-Grade Level Lexile Score
(Equivalent to FCAT Level 3)
6 836
7 912
8 1074
9 1264
10 1302
This score describes your reading level, monitors your reading progress, and is used to help you select books that are appropriate to your reading ability.
Note: Lexiles range from below zero to 1800 or more.
The Lexile that corresponds to your grade level or higher. (See the chart below.)
What should your SRI Lexile goal be?
Your teachers receive a detailed report on how you answered each of the SSS Reading and Mathematics Diagnostic test questions.
This report helps your teachers plan instruction and give you feedback on your progress on each of the SSS FCAT benchmarks.
It is the test your teachers use to see how well you are learning the knowledge and skills you need to do well in the SSS FCAT.
Why is the SSS Diagnostic test important?
Danielle Brandt, Mathematics coach Jeaga Middle School
The contest is about what you have done and what you are capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.
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Your teacher
can HELP YOU
increase YOUR
scores.
Bill Thompson, Director
Nancy Brito, Instructional Specialist
561-434-8850, PX:48850
