Administrator Workshop Fall 2011

1. Administrator Workshop Fall 2011 Florida Alternate Assessment

2. Reminder Scores for students who take the Florida Alternate Assessment will count toward AYP AND School Grades!

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 2011-2012 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 # 9739

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. PF 18 (ISIS) T0503P85-01

18. SPED EMS

19. PRACTICE MATERIALS

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

21. Take A Look

22. 14 Item

23. 4 Administration and Scoring Process Flowchart

24. OPERATIONAL TEST

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

26. 3 The Florida Alternate Assessment: Grades and Content Areas

27. 3 Who Should Administer the Florida Alternate Assessment? • Student’s special education teacher OR • Certified teacher WHO • Knows student AND • Trained in assessment procedures

28. Training (New teachers only) • October 28, 2011 Riviera Middle • November 15 , 2011 Booker T Washington

29. Update(for all teachers who have previously been trained) FLDOE Update Training Available starting October 20, 2011 through December 16, 2011 24/7 Weekly Briefing #10712 FLDOE will send list of participants to districts for compliance checks.

30. 6 Timelines You are responsible for the return of materials even if you have no students being tested.

31. 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 Wednesday January 25, 2012 or Wednesday February 8, 2012 from 7:45am to 3:30 pm.

32. Testing Window • January 9, 2012 to February 29, 2012 • Test Security • Space for Testing • Teacher Coverage • Classroom visits – Use form • Check Student Answer Sheets • All Students Tested

33. Administrator Checklist

34. 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

35. Sample Answer Sheets

36. Document Count Summary Form

37. Scores - SPI

38. Student Performance Indicators

39. STATUS: Emergent Achieved* Commended* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 GROWTH**: Proficiency *Considered Proficient in relationship to AYP **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 at least one level higher on the current year assessment are considered to have demonstrated growth.

40. Scores

41. What Should Teachers Use to Teach? Training October 27th Weekly Briefing #10314

42. Helpful links • FAQs • http://www.fldoe.org/asp/pdf/FlaAltAFAQ.pdf • Teacher Brochure • http://www.fldoe.org/asp/pdf/2010-Teachers-Brochure-English-Web.pdf • Parent Brochure • http://www.fldoe.org/asp/pdf/2010-Parent-Brochure-English-Web.pdf

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

44. Questions and Answers