Administrator Workshop Fall 2012

1. Administrator Workshop Fall 2012 Florida Alternate Assessment

2. Reminder Scores for students who take the Florida Alternate Assessment will now count toward proficiency and growth!

3. What Do I Need To Do ?

4. ACCESS POINTS

5. What are Access Points? • Expectations written for students with significant cognitive disabilities (SWSCD) to access the general education curriculum. • Aligned directly to Sunshine State Standards. • Reflect the “core intent” of the standards with reduced levels of complexity. • Have three levels of complexity: participatory, supported, and independent with the participatory level being the least complex.

6. Who are access points designed for? • Only students with significant cognitive disabilities • Students who meet criteria for alternate assessment • Other students with disabilities should be working on the regular SSS with accommodations as necessary

7. What Do They Look Like?

8. Where are Access Points?www.floridastandards.org

9. Access Points

10. ACCESS COURSES

11. Revisions in the Use of 7700, 7800, and 7900 Course Codes • The 2012-2013 Course Directory clearly defines the students for whom the 7700, 7800, and 7900 courses may be used.   The newly adopted language is: • "Access courses are intended only for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities who are eligible under IDEA and meet the Florida Alternate Assessment criteria set forth in the Florida Statutes and State Board of Education Rule 6A-1.0943. " March 26, 2010

12. Cont’d Course Revisions • To meet these new FLDOE compliance requirements, only students with disabilities who meet exemption criteria from the FCAT and are assessed using the Florida Alternate Assessment may be enrolled in the 7700, 7800, and 7900 Access core courses. • Students with disabilities who do not meet exemption criteria from the FCAT or other state assessments may NOT be enrolled in the 7700, 7800, and 7900 core courses. Core courses include all math, reading, language arts, English, science, and social studies courses.

13. Access CoursesBriefing # 11037/12652

14. Access Courses • Scope and Sequence • Old and New

15. WHO ARE YOUR FLORIDA ALTERNATE ASSESSMENT STUDENTS?

16. 2 Assessment Participation Guidelines • Does the student have a significant cognitive disability? YES • Is the student unable to master the grade level general state content standards even with appropriate and allowable instructional accommodations, assistive technology and/or accessible instructional materials? YES • Is the student participating in a curriculum based on State Standards Access Points for all academic areas (where applicable)? YES • Does the student require extensive direct instruction in academics based on access points in order to acquire, generalize, and transfer skills across settings? YES

17. What is a Significant Cognitive Disability?? • In the individual educational plan (IEP) team’s discussion to the question: “Does the student have significant cognitive disabilities”, all of the information should be considered collectively for which the student’s IQ score is but one piece of the data puzzle. • The focal point for discussion should be on the impact of the student’s cognitive disability. The impact should be permanent, prominent, and pervasive; affecting all aspects of the student’s academic, domestic, community living, leisure and vocational activities.

18. PF 18 (ISIS) T0503P85-01

19. SPED EMS

20. PRACTICE MATERIALS

21. Practice Materials • Arrived in September • NOT Secure • Includes Updated Manual (or faa.dadeschools.net) • Request Additional Materials at lasmith@dadeschools.net

22. Take A Look

23. 14 Item

24. 4 Administration and Scoring Process Flowchart

25. OPERATIONAL TEST

26. Procedures Manual www.faa.dadeschools.net or http://fl-alt.com/materials

27. 3 The Florida Alternate Assessment: Grades and Content Areas

28. 3 Who Should Administer the Florida Alternate Assessment? • Student’s special education teacher OR • Certified teacher WHO • Knows student AND • Trained in assessment procedures

29. Training (New teachers only) • November 6, 2012 South Miami Middle • December 4, 2012 Hialeah Senior High

30. Update(for all teachers who have previously been trained) FLDOE Update Training Available starting October 8, 2012 through February 22, 2013 24/7 http://faa-training.measuredprogress.org Weekly Briefing #12488 FLDOE will send list of participants to districts for compliance checks. Teachers who do not participate in the update training will not be permitted to administer the assessment

31. 6 Timelines You are responsible for the return of materials even if you have no students being tested.

32. Additional Materials • Request additional materials by calling TDC at 305-995-3743 • Have grade, subject and form (A or B) information ready • Pick up materials on either Tuesday, March 5, 2013 (Writing drop-off) or Tuesday, March 19, 2013 from 7:45am to 3:30 pm. at TDC

33. Testing Window • February 25, 2013 to April 1, 2013 • Test Security • Space for Testing • Teacher Coverage • Classroom visits – Use form • Check Student Answer Sheets • All Students Tested

34. Administrator Checklist

35. 31-32 Common Errors on Answer Sheets • Multiple responses per item • No response bubbled in for an item • Incorrect content area completed for specified grade level • Writing is administered in grades 4, 8, and 10 only • Science is administered in grades 5, 8, and 11 only • Content area left blank • Reading and Mathematics is administered to all students in grades 3-10 • Did not enter Form A or B

36. Sample Answer Sheets

37. Document Count Summary Form

38. Scores - SPI

39. Student Performance Indicators

40. STATUS: Emergent Achieved* Commended* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 GROWTH**: Proficiency * Considered Proficient ** Students who score level 4 or higher on the prior year assessment and maintained their level or scored higher on the current year assessment are considered to have made growth. Students who scored in level 1, 2 or 3 on the prior year assessment and score a minimum of 5 points higher on the current year assessment are considered to have demonstrated growth.

41. Scores

42. Student Reports Data Chats

43. What Should Teachers Use to Teach? Weekly Briefing #12287 Training today and February 1, 2013

44. Helpful links • FLDOE Alternate Assessment Site • http://www.fldoe.org/asp/altassessment.asp • FAQs • http://www.fldoe.org/asp/pdf/FlaAltAFAQ.pdf • Teacher Brochure • http://www.fldoe.org/asp/pdf/Teachers-Brochure-English-Web.pdf • Parent Brochure • http://www.fldoe.org/asp/pdf/Parent-Brochure-English-Web.pdf

45. Contact Information • Jill Brookner, Alternate Assessment Coordinator • 305-995-7580 jbrookner@dadeschools.net • Liane Smith , Secretary • 305-995-7580 lasmith@dadeschools.net

46. Questions and Answers