SOMERSET PINES ACADEMY
Florida Standards
Assessments - Writing
2
Transition from FCAT to FSA
Assessments Assessments in 2012-13, and
2013-14
Assessments in 2014-15
FCAT 2.0 Reading Grades 3 to 10 FSA English Language Arts
Grades 3 to 11
FCAT 2.0 Writing Grades 4, 8, 10 FSA English Language Arts Writing
Component Grades 4 to 11
FCAT 2.0 Mathematics Grades 3 to
8
FSA Mathematics Grades 3 to 8
ASSESSMENT CALENDAR
ELA WRITING ASSESSMENT
• The FSA ELA has a Text-Based Writing Component that is administered
separately from the rest of the FSA ELA
• March 2-13, 2015
• Reported as part of the ELA score. It has not yet been determined how much the
writing component weighs compared to the reading component.
• If students do not take BOTH components of the test (grades 4-11), then they
will NOT receive an ELA score.
• It is administered earlier to allow time for hand scoring.
ELA WRITING ASSESSMENT
• When examining the rubrics, look at the overarching statements- the response
doesn’t have to include ALL the bullet points underneath, but should contain
most of them. (see sample on following slides)
• There will be 1 hand scorer and 1 automated- if the scores don’t agree, the
human score prevails. If there is a big discrepancy between the 2 scores, then it
will go to a 3rd scorer and that will determine the overall score.
• If the response is simply copied and there is NO original work, the response will
be unscorable.
• 10 point Rubric Opinion or informative
• http://www.fsassessments.org/wp-
content/uploads/2014/07/OpinionlRubric4-5_Final.pdf
• http://fsassessments.org/wp-
content/uploads/2014/07/InformationalRubric_6-11_Final.pdf
ELA WRITING ASSESSMENT
Students will have 90 minutes (but if necessary can have up
to 120 minutes) to complete the writing session
The following tools will be available for students to use during
the computer-based writing assessment
All students will be provided with a
planning sheet.
Students in grades 4-7 (and students in
grades 5-11 who have paper-based
accommodations) will receive a writing
passage booklet.
Note: The “copy and paste” option is not
available for a student to use for the online
text passages. This will prevent a student
from copying something from a document and
pasting it directly into the written response.
WRITING PROMPT OVERVIEW
WRITING PROMPT OVERVIEW
WRITING PROMPT OVERVIEW
WRITING PROMPT OVERVIEW
USE OF SOURCES/CITING EVIDENCE
Grades 4-5: Use of
Sources
Simple but clear use of
sources, facts, and details
Grades 6-11: Citing
Evidence
Informal citations are
acceptable
Grades 4-11: Sources and Citing
Title of passage/article
Paragraph number
Author’s name
Direct quote
FLORIDA STANDARDS INFORMATION SITE
http://fsassessments.org/