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FCAT Family Night2012-2013

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Objectives:

• What is FCAT 2.0?• Who takes the test?• When is the test?• How is the test designed?• Helpful Resources

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What is FCAT 2.0?

• The FCAT 2.0 is a test that measures student achievement of the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS) in reading, mathematics, and science.

• More information about NGSSS go to www.floridastandards.org

• Benchmark Example:Benchmark: MA.3.A.6.1 Represent, compute, estimate, and solve problems using numbers through hundred thousands.

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Who is tested?

• All public school students in Florida , including English language learner (ELL) and exceptional student education (ESE) students, enrolled in grades 3-5 participate in the FCAT 2.0 administration. Administration accommodations are provided to eligible ELL and ESE students.

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Who is tested?

• Grade 3: reading and math

• Grade 4: reading, math, and writing

• Grade 5: reading, math, and science

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When is the FCAT 2.0?

• FCAT 2.0 Writing – Grade 4–February 26- February 28, 2013

• FCAT 2.0 Reading, Mathematics (Grades 3-5 ) and Science (5th grade only)– April 15 – April 26, 2013

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How is the FCAT 2.0 Reading designed?

Content Categories and approximate percentage of raw-score points for each category• FCAT 2.0 Reading

Grade Vocabulary Reading Application Literary Analysis: Fiction & Nonfiction

Informational & Research Process

3-550-55 Multiple Choice

Time: 2- 70 minute sessions, tested over 2

days.

15-25% 25-35% 25-35% 15-25%

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What reading benchmarks are tested?

• The student reads text and determines main idea or essential message, identifies relevant supporting details and facts and arranges events in chronological order

•The student recognizes cause-and-effect relationships in literary texts (e.g., fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama

•The student understands the development of plot and how conflicts are resolved in a story

•The students knows the similarities and differences among the characters, settings and events presented in various texts

•The student identifies the author’s purpose

•The student uses simple strategies to determine meaning and increase vocabulary for reading including the use of prefixes, suffixes, root words, multiple meanings, antonyms, synonyms, and word relationships.

•The student recognizes the use of comparison and contrast in a text

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How long are the passages?

Content Categories and approximate percentage of raw-score points for each category• FCAT 2.0 Reading

Length of FCAT 2.0 Reading Passages Grade Number of Words per Passage

Grade Range Average 3 100–700 500 4 100–900 500 5 200–1000 600

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What types of passages will students read?

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How is the FCAT 2.0 Math designed?

Content Categories and approximate percentage of raw-score points for each category• FCAT 2.0 MathGRADE Category Percentage

350-55 questions

Time: 2- 70 minute sessions, tested over 2 days.

Number: Operations, Problems and StatisticsNumber: FractionsGeometry and Measurement

502030

450-55 questions

Time: 2- 70 minute sessions, tested over 2 days.

Number: Operations and ProblemsNumber: Base ten and FractionsGeometry and Measurement

452530

550-55 questions

Time: 2- 70 minute sessions, tested over 2 days.

Number: Base ten and FractionsExpressions, Equations and StatisticsGeometry and Measurement

502030

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What Math Benchmarks are tested?

Number Sense, Concepts and Operations

The student understands the relative size of whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percents

The student understands that numbers can be represented in a variety of equivalent forms using whole numbers, decimals, fractions and percents

The student selects the appropriate operations to solve specific problems involving addition, subtraction and multiplication of whole numbers, decimals and fractions and the division of whole numbers

The student uses and justifies different estimation strategies in a real-world problem situation

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What Math Benchmarks are tested?

Measurement

The student solves real-world problems involving length, weight, perimeter, area, capacity, volume, time ,temperature and angles

Geometry and Spatial Sense

The student understands the concepts of spatial relationships, symmetry, reflections, congruency and similarity

The student predicts, illustrates and verifies which figures could result from a flip, slide or turn of a given figure

The student identifies and plots positive ordered pairs (whole numbers) in a rectangular coordinate system (graph)

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What Math Benchmarks are tested?

Algebraic Thinking

The student generalizes a pattern, relation, or function to explain how a change in one quantity results in a change in another.

The student represents a given problem situation using diagrams, models and symbolic expressions translated from verbal phrases or verbal phrases translated from symbolic expressions

The student uses informal methods, such a physical models and graphs to solve real-world problems involving equations and inequalities

Data Analysis

The student solves problems by generating, collecting, organizing, displaying and analyzing data using histograms, bar graphs, circle graphs, line graphs, pictographs and charts

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How is the FCAT 2.0 Science designed?

Content Categories and approximate percentage of raw-score points for each category• FCAT 2.0 Science

Grade Nature of Science

Earth and Space Science Physical Science Life Science

560-66 Multiple Choice

Time: 2-80 minute sessions

17% 29% 29% 25%

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FCAT 2.0 Science skills

•Engage in quantitative observation

• Investigate thoughtful questions

• Make logical predictions

• Design and conduct experiments

• Collect and organize data

• Offers reasonable explanations

• Explorer possible conclusions

• Communicate their understanding and make well-reasoned, data- based decisions and communicate them effectively.

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Sample FCAT 2.0 Science Question.

• Sample Item 1 SC.5.N.1.1 • Delilah followed these steps of an investigation: • Collect five objects made of different types of metal. • Place them on a large laboratory table. • Touch each metal object with a magnet and lift slowly. • Record observations.

• Which of the following statements is Delilah most likely testing? • A. All types of metal are attracted to magnets. • B. Each magnet can lift the metal object to the same height. • C. Larger magnets can pick up heavier metal objects than smaller magnets

can. • D. Heavier metal objects are more attracted to magnets than lighter metal

objects are.

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How is the FCAT 2.0 Writing designed?

FCAT 2.0 Writing- 60 minutes

The writing assessment is administered to students in 4th grade. It provides one prompt for each grade to which students are expected to draft a response according to a specific purpose (mode). The student response should integrate the writing elements of focus, organization, support, and conventions.

Scale of 1.0 – 6.0• Score of 4.0 is considered on grade-level

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Example of Writing Prompts

FCAT 2.0 Writing

Narrative:What might happen if a famous person came to visit you? Think about what would happened if a famous person came to visit you. Now write about the time a famous person visited you. Expository:People like different kinds of weather. Think about the kind of weather you like .Now write to explain the kind of weather you like.

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How difficult are the questions?

• Low :Low complexity items rely heavily on recall and recognition. More than 70% of students are likely to respond correctly.

• Moderate: Moderate complexity items require more flexible thinking and may require basic reasoning or problem solving. Between 40- 70% of students are likely to respond correctly.

• High: High complexity items are written to elicit analysis and abstract reasoning. Less than 40% of students are likely to respond correctly.

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New FCAT 2.0 Cut Scores

FCAT 2.0 Reading Developmental Scale Scores by Achievement Level

Grade Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5

3 140-181 182-197 198-209 210-226 227-260

4 154-191 192-207 208-220 221-237 238-269

5 161-199 200-215 216-229 230-245 246-277

FCAT 2.0 Math Developmental Scale Scores by Achievement Level

Grade Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5

3 140-182 183-197 198-213 214-228 229-260

4 155-196 197-209 210-223 224-239 240-271

5 163-204 205-219 220-233 234-246 247-279

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What can I do to help at home?

- Communicate with your child’s teacher- Read daily for at least 30 minutes- Read a variety of materials- Allow students to write about what they read- Study math facts and math vocabulary- Create a comfortable quiet environment, for students to study- Conduct science experiments- Learn science vocabulary- Practice writing- Take a trip to the library- Practice concepts through real world connectionsExample: Grocery shopping-math skills, writing about their day, cooking-explores science and math skills

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Online Resources

• (http://fcat.fldoe.org/fcat2/) -FCAT 2.0 information page

• (http://fcat.fldoe.org/fcat2/fcatitem.asp) Provides sample FCAT 2.0 assessments

• (http://www.fcatexplorer.com)- practice skills and reinforcement tool (password required)

• (http://fcit.usf.edu/fcat/default.htm)-4th grade reading practice

• ( http://floridastandards.org) - Benchmark pages


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