Florida Kindergarten Readiness Test Training for Private Schools –

FAIR-FS K Fall 2014

Colleen Risner

What is FLKRS?Components• FAIR-FS K– Administered via computer

• Need device with external mouse

– Letter Sounds – Phonological Awareness– Vocabulary Pairs– Following Directions– Listening Comprehension– Sentence Comprehension

What is FLKRS?Components• Work Sampling System (WSS)– Observational Tool– Five Domains• Personal and Social Development• Language and Literacy• Mathematical Thinking• Scientific Thinking• Physical Development, Health, and Safety

– 45 Skills observed during classroom activities

Assessment Schedule• Send Parent Letters Home – Letters located in PMRN– Send during first week of school (or ASAP thereafter as

become available)– English, Spanish, Haitian-Creole

• WSS Observations (Days 1 – 30)– Recorded on Individual Student Developmental Checklist

or on Classroom Roster, transferred into PMRN• FAIR-FS K (Days 1 - 30)– Administered one-on-one directly through PMRN

Who to Test• All public school kindergarten students who enter

within the first 30 days of school except for retained students

• Private School kindergarten students who attended a VPK program– Some ESE students with Potentially Limiting Physical

Conditions may not be able to be assessed but every student should be given the opportunity to participate

– Survey 8 is used to generate students in PMRN for Public Schools. Private Schools will hand-enroll all students into PMRN.• Survey 8 uploads begin August 20, will be updated on Wednesdays• Students and teachers should be available in PMRN on August 25

Responsibilities• School Principal

– Confirm access to DOE Single Sign On for all Staff– Register School and Reading Coach as PMRN Manager– Enter school schedule into PMRN

• Reading Coach/PMRN Manager– Verify/Approve Access for Teachers– Add or Remove Users– Verify Students/Create Classes– Record Coach’s Log– Train Teachers/Test Administrators– Access Score Reports, utilize for guiding instruction

Responsibilities• School Coordinator

– Ensure all test administrators are trained on FLKRS and PMRN– Ensure test administrators have access to the PMRN– Distribute FLKRS materials to test administrators– Monitor the testing window to ensure test administrators record

results in PMRN by Day 30. WSS won’t be available after Day 30.

• Test Administrators

– Screen kindergarteners – Record student observations for the WSS benchmarks in the

PMRN system using K-2 EST– Share student results with parents during conferences, etc.

New PMRN Addresses• www.fldoe.org/sso (DOE Single Sign On – for

public schools)

• http://www.justreadflorida.com/pmrnfair-fs/pmrn.asp Private Schools will register for PMRN here (DOE’s PMRN Information Webpage)

• https://pmrn.fldoe.org (Private schools use to access PMRN once registered)

New Service Center Information

• Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) Integrated Education Network Service Center– Provide support via the PMRN v4, K-2 AIR, 3-12 WAM,

and FAIR-FS• Operational Hours– Monday – Friday– 6:00 AM – 7:30 PM ET

• Contact via Phone or E-mail– 855-814-2876– ienhelp@fldoe.org

Administering FAIR-FS K

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Frequently Asked QuestionsFor questions regarding Contact

Student exemption from FLKRS Just Read, Florida! 850-245-0503

Case by case considerations Your district office

Assistance accessing FLKRS components

FLDOE Integrated Education Network Service Center IENHELP@fldoe.org 855-814-2876

Accessing FAIR-FS K for FLKRS

• Accessing FLKRS Administration– Accessed by Reading Level Users– Teacher must have Kindergarten class assigned

• FLKRS administration is completed via – Reading Level FLKRS Data Entry page– K-2 AIR for FAIR-FS Screening tasks

Accessing FLKRS – Sign In• Upon Sign In, the Reading Teacher will – access the PMRN or K-2 through the PMRN portal– Click the PMRN Admin Panel or K-2 button

K-2 AIRAccess and Download

• For offline administration – download to each device used for assessing students– Public Schools sign in via SSO Portal– Private Schools sign in via https://pmrn.fldoe.org– Click K-2 button

K-2 AIRAccess and Download

• K-2 AIR Installation Instructions

K-2 AIRAccess and Download

• K-2 AIR Download Options– Windows SSO (Public)– Windows Non-SSO(Private)

• Click link to install

– Mac SSO– Mac Non-SSO

K-2 AIRAccess and Download

• Computer Administrative Privileges Needed• Click Install Now to install K-2 AIR• Adobe AIR Software Installation needed if not

already on your computer– Follow installation wizard instructions

FAIR-FS K Flow of Tasks

AlphabeticsPhonological Awareness

Letter Sounds

Oral LanguageVocabulary Pairs

Following Directions

ComprehensionListening ComprehensionSentence Comprehension

Used for VPK Provider Rating

FAIR-FS K Screening Tasks• All directions, practice items, and items delivered via

audio file on computer• Each task computer-adaptive

– Reduces administration time and frustration by only administering items targeted to individual student’s ability level

– Total administration time for the screening will be approximately 30 minutes, depending on grade level

• Screening can be administered over several sessions if needed – If a task is started, ensure that task is completed before ending

the session

FAIR-FS K Screening Tasks• Screening tasks are administered 1-on-1 and fall into 3 types:

1. Student and Teacher Task: Both the assessor and student see the screen, but only the teacher uses the mouse (e.g. LS)

or2. Student Task: Both see the screen, but the

student uses the mouse (e.g. FD)

3. Teacher Task: Only the assessor sees the screen and uses the mouse (e.g. PA)

Screen Elements: Submit Button

1. For Letter Sounds, the teacher will mark correct/incorrect responses by clicking the arrow at bottom right-hand corner of the screen– To indicate a correct response, the teacher will click the top half

of the arrow– To indicate an incorrect response, the teacher will click the

bottom half of the arrow

2. Clicking a second time on the same part of the arrow will confirm/submit the response and advance to the next item– To change the response, click the opposite side of the area– Click again to confirm the response

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Screen Elements: Submit Button

• For all tasks other than Letter Sounds, it does not matter where the arrow is clicked. Since the computer records the response, either based on the tester’s input (Phonological Awareness) or the student’s input (Following Directions, Vocabulary Pairs, Sentence Comprehension), the split arrow functionality is not activated. – The arrow looks the same, so that students are minimally aware of the tasks

when their performance is being scored in front of them by the teacher.

• Answers for these tasks are submitted after only one click.

• There is no back button. Ensure that the student’s final answer is chosen before clicking the arrow.

• To repeat audio instructions, click on the replay button in the lower left hand corner

• Type the word code PLAY (or play) into the replay prompt box

• Audio for each item may only be repeated once• If the student asks for the audio to be repeated again, ask

them to try and give their best answer and then move on

Screen Elements: Repeat Button

Screen Elements: Reset Button

• For some tasks, students may want to change their answer before submitting (Following Directions or Vocabulary Pairs)

• To reset the page to the original screen, the students can click on the “X” button in the lower left hand corner and it will reset the screen elements

Letter Sounds• Student sees both uppercase and lowercase letters and

pronounces sound (consonant, short vowel sound, common consonant digraph)

• Each student will respond to between 5 and 29 sounds• Teacher marks correct/incorrect using arrow

Time estimate 1 minute

Directions “You will see some letters on the screen. “Tell me the sound the letter makes.”

Practice item None

Prompt If student provides the long vowel sound, say to the student “That’s one sound that letter can make, tell me a different one.” If the student produces the correct short vowel sound, mark it as correct.

Report output Letter Sounds Ability Score and Percentile Rank

Letter Sounds

Phonological Awareness• Student hears an audio file pronounce a word

that has been broken into parts/phonemes• Teacher marks correct/incorrect

Time estimate 1 minute

Directions Listen as I say some words. If I say pig…tail, I know the word is pigtail.

Practice item “What would the word be if I say cup… cake?” If correct, say: “Yes, the word is cupcake.”

Report output Phonemic Awareness Ability Score and Percentile Rank

Phonological Awareness

Vocabulary Pairs• Requires students to match words that are

semantically related • Student hears words pronounced and clicks

the two words that go togetherTime estimate 2 minutes

Directions “Look at the boxes with words on the screen. Two of these go together. I will name each one and you will click on the two that go together best.”

Practice item “Listen carefully as I name each one: book, toothbrush, toothpaste. Which two go together best?”

Report output Vocabulary Pairs Ability Score and Percentile Rank

Vocabulary Pairs

Audio: “Listen carefully as I name each one: blue, triangle, yellow. Which two go together best?”

Following Directions• Student hears a sentence with directions (may

be single or multi-step) and responds by selecting or moving objects on the screenTime estimate 2 minutes

Directions “Look at the pictures on the screen. You will hear a sentence and I want you to click the item named.”

Practice item Let’s try one. Click the book.

This time I want you to click the pictures in the order you hear them. Click the heart, then click the plane.

For this item, you will have to move a picture. Let’s try one. Put the cat on the line.”

Report output Following Directions Ability Score and Percentile Rank

Following Directions

Audio: “Click on the book, then click on the plane.”

Comprehension• This set of tasks is used to help develop a full

student profile beyond measures in the screening to guide instruction aligned to LAFS

• Tasks include Listening and Sentence Comprehension– The Listening comprehension task consists of a

passage read by the teacher from the computer screen and five questions read to the student

Listening Comprehension• Passages are informational and narrative• Five comprehension questions per passage

(three explicit and two inferential)Time estimate 5 minutes

Directions (Listening Comprehension) “Listen while I read __(title)__. When I’m finished, I will ask you a few questions. Ready? Listen carefully.”

Practice item None

Report output Listening Comprehension Ability Score and Percentile Rank

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Listening Comprehension

Sentence Comprehension

• Student hears a sentence and clicks the one picture (out of four) that best fits the sentence

Time estimate 2 minutes

Directions “Look at the pictures on the screen. You will hear a sentence and I want you to click the picture that best goes with the sentence.”

Practice item “Click on The baby is crying.”

Report output Sentence Comprehension Ability Score and Percentile Rank

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Sentence Comprehension

Audio: “Click on: The bird is flying toward the nest.”

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FAIR-FS K Scoring and Reporting

K-2 Accessing Reports• PMRN v4 Reports available– School Reports (School Level)

• School Report• School Missing Score Report• Assessment Calendar• Edit School Registration function

– Teacher Report (School, Reading, Resource Level)

– Class Report (School, Reading, Resource Level)

– Student Report (School, Reading, Resource Level)

K-2 Accessing ReportsSchool Level

• School Level Users– Sign In– Click the tab of the

Report Level you wish to view• School Reports• Reading Class Reports• Teacher Reports• Student Reports

– Click the linked name of the Report

K-2 Accessing ReportsReading, Resource Level

• Reading and Resource Level Users– Sign In– Click the tab of the Report Level you wish to view

• Student Reports• Class Reports• Teacher Reports

– Click the linked name of the Report

Score Reports• Detailed reports for teachers and parents– Includes profile of student scores

• Graphs to show ability scores in relation to grade level performance

• Screening tasks:– Ability scores – Percentile ranks– Probability of Literacy Success (PLS)

Probability of Literacy Success (PLS)

• Score represents the likelihood that a student will receive a passing score on the end-of-year outcome measure

• “Passing score” is based on student’s ability to reach a score of 40% on SESAT or SAT10. This will not predict success on state FSAs or SBAs, therefore our public schools will not use PLS score.

Ability Scores• Scores represent an estimate of ability in a specific

skill and reflects true change over time as ability increases or decreases– Covers a range of ability from Kindergarten to grade 2– Scores range from 200 – 800 (standard deviation of 100)– Based upon middle of year assessments of norming group

• Indicates degree of growth for each student

Percentile Ranks• Score is used to rank one student’s performance in

relation to a particular group of other students– Ranges from 1 – 99 (25th through 75th percentile represents

the expected scoring range)– Based on a representative sample of Florida students

Kindergarten student with a percentile rank of 55

performed better than 55% of other Kindergarten

students in Florida

Score Types for Computer-Adaptive Tasks

Score type What it reflects What it does NOT reflect

Ability score Quantifies a student’s level of skill and reflects changes

Scale ranges from a minimal amount of skill to expert

• Performance compared to other students

• Grade-level performance

Percentile rank Student’s ability compared to other students in the same grade

• Percentage of correct responses

• Growth• Level of expected

performance

Probability of Literacy Success

Likelihood the student will score at the 40th percentile or above on the SAT-10

• Growth• Likelihood of obtaining

a passing score on end-of-year test

Screening Report ExamplePLS = 0.65

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• Generally, a skill should be targeted for instruction when scoring below the 30th percentile

• The lower bars represent skills that are relative weaknesses for a student and higher bar indicate relative strengths

Communicating with Parents

• Computer-generated parent resource letters will be available

• Letters will contain information on strength and weaknesses and skills targeted for instruction

• Letter will also include resources on strengthening reading skills assessed in FAIR-FS

Contact InformationColleen Risner407-320-0270

Colleen_Risner@scps.k12.fl.us

Shawn Harrold407-320-0193

Shawn_Harrold@scps.k12.fl.us