OVERVIEW OF THE MATHEMATICS FSA

HOW MANY QUESTIONS ARE ON THE MATHEMATICS FSA?

Grade/Course Number of Items3-5 60-64

6-8 62-66

Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry

64-68

HOW RIGOROUS IS THE MATHEMATICS FSA?

DOK Level 1: 10%-20%

DOK Level 2: 60%-80%

DOK Level 3: 10%-20%

DOK Level 2 Requires

STRATEGIC & COMPLEX THINKING!• Categorize• Interpret• Compare• Organize• Estimate• Graph• Identify Patterns

Products of tasks should

be DOK 4.

How will knowing the DOK Levels of the FSA

change classroom instruction?

DRAFT CALCULATOR POLICY FOR FSA MATHEMATICS ASSESSMENTS

STOP! No hand-held calculators

permitted at any grade level!

• A scientific calculator is embedded on certain questions of the assessment relating to specific standards. This is different from the four function calculator previously used on Algebra I EOCs and FCAT.

• This calculator can be accessed from the FSA online portal for classroom use.

DRAFT CALCULATOR POLICY FOR FSA MATHEMATICS ASSESSMENTS

Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2 will have access to embedded graphing calculators

USING A CALCULATOR

Keeping calculators in mind, what will both teachers and students need in order to be successful on the math portion of the FSA?

USE OF A REFERENCE SHEET IS NO LONGER ALLOWED

40%

40%

20%

FCAT

Fractions, Ratios/Proportional Relationship, and Statistics

Expressions and Equations

Geometry and Measurement

15%

30%

15%

19%

21%

FSA

Ratio & Proportional RelationshipsExpressions & EquationsGeometry Statistics & ProbabilityThe Number System

COMPARISON OF 6TH GRADE REPORTING CATEGORIES

6TH GRADE: COMPARISON OF FCAT AND FSA

FSAFCAT

25%

25%30%

20%

FCAT

Number: Base Ten

Ratio/Proportional Relationships

Geometry and Measurement

Statistics and Probability

24%

20%

22%

15%

20%

FSA

Ratio & Proportional RelationshipsExpressions & EquationsGeometry Statistics & ProbabilityThe Number System

COMPARISON OF 7TH GRADE REPORTING CATEGORIES

7TH GRADE: COMPARISON OF FCAT AND FSA

FCAT FSA

25%

40%

35%

FCATNumber: Operations, Problems, and Statistics

Expressions, Equation, and Functions

Geometry and Measurement

30%

25%27%

18%

FSA

Expressions & EquationsFunctionsGeometry Statistics & Probability and The Number System

COMPARISON OF 8TH GRADE REPORTING CATEGORIES

8TH GRADE: COMPARISON OF FCAT AND FSA

FCAT FSA

48%

22%

30%

EOC

Functions, Linear Equations, and Inequalities

Rationals, Radicals, Quadratics, and Discrete Mathematics

Polynomials

41%

40%

19%

FSA

Algebra and ModelingFunctions and ModelingStatistics and the Number System

COMPARISON OF ALGEBRA I REPORTING CATEGORIES

ALGEBRA 1: COMPARISON OF EOC AND FSA

Algebra 1: EOC

Algebra 1: FSA

54%

17%

29%

EOCTwo-Dimensional Geometry

Three-Dimensional Geometry

Trigonometry and Discrete Mathematics

46%

38%

16%

FSA

Congruence, Similarity, Right Triangles and TrigonomtryCircles, Geometric Measurement and Geometric Proper-ties with EquationsModeling with Geometry

COMPARISON OF GEOMETRY REPORTING CATEGORIES

GEOMETRY: COMPARISON OF EOC AND FSA

Geometry: FSA

Geometry: EOC

36%

36%

28%

FSA

Algebra and ModelingFunctions and ModelingStatistics, Probablity, and the Number System

ALGEBRA 2 REPORTING CATEGORIES

ALGEBRA 2 EXAMPLE