K-12 ADMINISTRATION

Victoria Ash

Director, K-12 Assessment Administration

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COMMUNICATION

• K-12 Assessment Memoranda and Information

  • A link has been added to the FCAT Home Page to provide coordinators with information pertaining to K-12 Assessment, FCAT, HSCT, NAEP, PSAT/PLAN, and Reading Diagnostic.

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COMMUNICATION

• FCAT Contractor’s Contact List

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COMMUNICATION

• E-mails filtered through Leads

  • DOE

    • Kris Ellington

    • Victoria Ash

    • Jackie Mueller

    • Daphne Csonka

    • Tracy Halka

  • TDC

    • Vince Verges

    • Steve Ash

    • Lyla Springfield

    • Linda Oravetz

    • Lissa Cone

    • Trish Lyons

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ASSESSMENT SCHEDULES

• 2007-08 and 2008-09 FCAT Schedules (provided in folder)

• Updates

  • Comprehensive Calendar
    (PDF version only)

  • 2007-08 FCAT Schedule

    • Test Dates: March 11 – 24

    • Pickup Dates: TBD

    • NRT & Grade 11 Science

      • Districts should provide their NRT (all grades) and Grade 11 Science schedules by Friday,
        October 12, 2007 to .

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WHAT’S NEW FOR 2007-08

• Electronic Devices

  • Possession of any electronic devices that reproduces, transmits, calculates, or records IS cause for invalidation.

    • “Possession” will be defined as “within arm’s reach,” even if the electronic device is not visible.

    • For example, students should not have cell phones in their pockets, clipped to their belts, at their desks, or anywhere it can be easily accessed during testing.

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WHAT’S NEW FOR 2007-08

• Large Print Grid Sheet

  • The options of the fraction slash (/) and the decimal (.) have been added to the large print response grids for Mathematics and Science tests that include
    gridded-response (GR) items.

  • The 2007-08 Sample Test Materials do not reflect this recent decision.

  • Examples:

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WHAT’S NEW FOR 2007-08

• FCAT Forms

  • Missing Materials

  • Breaches of Administration

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REMINDERS

• Testing Guidelines

  • If a student starts a session and leaves the building without finishing (for an appointment, illness, etc.), he or she will NOT be allowed to complete the session.

    • NO EXCEPTIONS will be made once the student leaves the building; therefore, if you have concerns about a student, you should not allow the student to begin.

    • Consider administering the test during one of the make-up days.

  • Test administrators must NOT administer the FCAT to their family members. Students who are related to their assigned test administrator should be reassigned to an alternate test administrator.

  • Test administrators are required to use ALL of the allotted time in each session and not end a session early.

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REMINDERS

• PreID Label

  • Use the PreID label if the student last name, student number, district number, school number, and grade level are CORRECT on the PreID Roster, even if the other information is incorrect.

• Test Group Codes

  • Test Group Codes will be used on SSS answer documents for
    Grades 5–AD.

    • School Coordinators will provide test administrators with test group codes that the FDOE will use to isolate testing anomalies to a specific group of students.

• Comment Forms

  • Ensure that all school coordinators and test administrators review the online comment forms BEFORE testing so that their feedback will address the concerns of the FDOE and contractor.

  • CTB:

  • Harcourt: Links TBD

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PSAT and PLAN

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READING DIAGNOSTIC
ASSESSMENT

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K-12 TEST ADMINISTRATION
Contact List

• Victoria Ash, Director (850) 245-0788

• Daphne Csonka, Supervisor (850) 245-9203

• Linda Rhea, FCAT ESE (850) 245-0742

• Kira Sullivan, FCAT, PSAT/PLAN (850) 245-0784

• Ben Palazesi, Contact Updates (850) 245-0780

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Back: Linda Rhea, Daphne Csonka, Victoria Ash, B. Seetachitt, Ben Palazesi

Front: Susie Lee, Debbie Crews, Kira Sullivan