Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) Pursuant to
Section 1008.25(6),
F.S., relating to the statewide public school student progression law
eliminating social promotion, students who score at Level 1 on the grade three
statewide standardized English Language Arts Assessment under Section
1008.22, F.S., may be promoted
to grade four if the student:
(a) Scores at
or above the 45th percentile on the Reading SAT-10;
(b) Demonstrates an acceptable level of
performance on an alternative standardized reading assessment approved pursuant
to subsection (2) of this rule; or
(c) Demonstrates reading on grade level as
evidenced through mastery of the Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking
(B.E.S.T.) Standards for English Language Arts (ELA) as set forth in Rule
6A-1.09401, F.A.C., equal to at
least Level 2 performance on the grade three statewide standardized English
Language Arts assessment under Section
1008.22, F.S., through a student
portfolio pursuant to subsection (3) of this rule.
(2) The Department of Education shall review
and approve the use of alternative standardized reading assessments to be used
as a good cause exemption for promotion to fourth grade and will provide a list
of approved alternative assessments to districts.
(a) The approval of an alternative
standardized reading assessment must be based on whether the assessment meets
the following criteria:
1. Internal
consistency reliability coefficients of at least 0.80;
2. High validity evidenced by the alignment
of the test with nationally recognized content standards, as well as specific
evidence of content, concurrent, or criterion validity;
3. Norming studies within the last five (5)
to ten (10) years, with norming within five (5) years being preferable; and,
4. Serves as a measure of grade
three achievement in reading comprehension.
(b) Districts may submit requests for the
approval of alternative standardized reading assessments to be used as a good
cause exemption for promotion to fourth grade. Once an assessment has been
approved by the Department of Education, the assessment is approved for
statewide use.
(c) The Department
of Education shall approve the required percentile passing score for each
approved alternative standardized reading assessment based on an analysis of
Florida student achievement results. If an analysis is not feasible, students
must score at or above the 50th percentile on the approved alternative
standardized reading assessment.
(d) The earliest the alternative assessment
may be administered for student promotion purposes is following administration
of the grade three statewide standardized English Language Arts assessment
under Section 1008.22, F.S. An approved
standardized reading assessment may be administered two (2) times if there are
at least thirty (30) days between administrations and different test forms are
administered.
(3) To
promote a student using a student portfolio as a good cause exemption there
must be evidence that demonstrates the student's mastery of the B.E.S.T. ELA
Standards equal to at least a Level 2 performance on the grade three statewide
standardized English Language Arts assessment under Section
1008.22, F.S. Such evidence
shall be an organized collection of the student's mastery of the B.E.S.T. ELA
Standards that are assessed by the grade three statewide standardized English
Language Arts assessment under Section
1008.22, F.S. A school must
immediately begin collecting evidence for a portfolio when a student in grade 3
is identified as being at risk of retention or upon the request of the parent,
whichever occurs first. The student portfolio must meet the following criteria:
(a) Be selected by the student's teacher,
(b) Be an accurate picture of the
student's ability and only include student work that has been independently
produced in the classroom,
(c)
Include evidence that the benchmarks assessed by the grade three statewide
standardized English Language Arts assessment under Section
1008.22, F.S., have been met.
Evidence is to include grade level passages that are approximately fifty (50)
percent literary text and fifty (50) percent informational text, and that are
between 100-700 words with an average of 500 words. Such evidence could include
chapter or unit tests from the district's/school's adopted core reading
curriculum or teacher-prepared assessments that are aligned with the B.E.S.T.
ELA Standards.
(d) Be an organized
collection of evidence of the student's mastery of the B.E.S.T. ELA Standards
that are assessed by the grade three statewide standardized English Language
Arts assessment under Section
1008.22, F.S. For each
benchmark, there must be at least eight (8) items assessed and the student must
demonstrate seventy (70) percent mastery for all items assessed per benchmark
and,
(e) Be signed by the teacher
and the principal as an accurate assessment of the required reading
skills.
Rulemaking Authority
1008.25(10) FS.
Law Implemented 1008.25(6)
FS.
New 5-19-03, Amended 7-20-04, 3-24-08, 2-1-09, 4-21-11,
11-4-14, 6-23-16, 3-15-22.
