Rule 6A-1.094221, F.A.C., provides the alternative assessments and student portfolio expectations for third grade students to demonstrate reading ability to qualify for good cause promotion. The rule must be revised to align ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-1.094221Alternative Standardized Reading Assessment and Use of Student Portfolio for Good Cause Promotion

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Rule 6A-1.094221, F.A.C., provides the alternative assessments and student portfolio expectations for third grade students to demonstrate reading ability to qualify for good cause promotion. The rule must be revised to align to the new Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T) Standards in English Language Arts. In addition, the criteria for the portfolio must align to the item specifications for the new standardized summative assessment, and more clarity is needed regarding the number of items to be assessed per benchmark to ensure adequate items are assessed to confidently state that the student has mastered each benchmark assessed (70% mastery).

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Third grade progression – Reading.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1),(2)(n), 1008.25(10), F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1008.25(6), F.S.

A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: November 29, 2021, 11:30 am – 12:00 pm EST.

PLACE: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1292447749796877067.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Lindsey Brown, Executive Director of Just Read, Florida!, [e-mail]. To comment on this rule development, please go to https://web02.fldoe.org/rules or contact: Chris Emerson, Director, Office of Executive Management, Department of Education, [phone] or email [e-mail].

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.