Florida Administrative Code › 6 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › 6A - State Board of Education › Chapter 6A-1 - FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION › Section 6A-1.09422 - Coordinated Screening and Progress Monitoring System and Statewide, Standardized Assessment Program Requirements

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1)
				Definitions. For the purpose of this rule, the following definitions shall
				apply:
(a) "Achievement level." Scores are
				reported by achievement levels, which are five (5) categories of achievement
				that represent the success students demonstrate with the content assessed.
				Achievement levels range from one (1) through five (5), with level 1 being the
				lowest achievement level, level 5 being the highest achievement level, and
				level 3 indicating on grade level performance on the assessment. The minimum
				score in achievement level 3 is the designated passing score for all
				assessments described in subsection (3), of this rule, pursuant to s.
				1008.22(3)(e)2., F.S. Achievement level scale score ranges are established in
				subsections (5) and (6) of this rule.
(b) "Baseline year." The first school year in
				which an assessment is administered operationally, as referenced for each
				assessment in subsection (5) and (6), of this rule. Achievement levels are
				established for an assessment after the baseline year, and results from the
				baseline administration are used to establish the achievement
				standards.
(c) "Eligible students."
				All students except those who are prohibited from taking an assessment pursuant
				to s. 1008.22(3)(b)2., F.S., and those who are exempted from the assessment
				pursuant to ss. 1008.212,
				1008.22(12),
				F.S. and Rule 6A-6.0909, F.A.C. Pursuant to s.
				1008.22(3),
				F.S., participation in the assessment program is mandatory for all eligible
				students attending public schools, including adult students seeking a standard
				high school diploma under ss.
				1003.4282, F.S., and students in
				the Department of Juvenile Justice education programs, except as otherwise
				provided by law.
(d) "Progress
				monitoring." The assessments that are a part of the coordinated screening and
				progress monitoring system required in s.
				1008.25(9)(b),
				F.S. For Florida's progress monitoring assessments, the first administration of
				each school year is referred to as Progress Monitoring (PM) 1, the second as
				PM2, and the third as PM3. In accordance with s.
				1008.22(3)
				(a)2., F.S., beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, the end-of-year
				comprehensive progress monitoring assessment (PM3) administered pursuant to s.
				1008.25(9)(b)2., F.S., is the statewide, standardized ELA assessment for
				students in grades three through ten and the statewide, standardized
				Mathematics assessment for students in grades three through eight.
(e) "Statewide, standardized assessments."
				The assessments required in s.
				1008.22 (3), F.S., including the
				end-of-year comprehensive progress monitoring assessments in English Language
				Arts (ELA) Reading and Mathematics administered pursuant to s. 1008.25(9)(b)2.,
				F.S., the comprehensive statewide assessments in ELA Writing and Science, the
				end-of-course assessments, and the alternate assessments.