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Now that Gov. DeSantis has signed the testing bill into law click here for the must up-to-date information on SB 1048.
Standardized Testing Toolkit
- SB 1048/HB 1193 keep all of the other current state standardized tests including End of Course assessments and the elementary and middle school science assessment.
- SB 1048/HB 1193 pause accountability measures related to school grades for the 2022-23 school year, but keeps all other accountability measures in place.
- Measure student performance in oral language development, phonological and phonemic awareness, knowledge of print and letters, decoding, encoding, fluency vocabulary, and comprehension, as applicable, by grade level (Page 4, lines 106-110)
- Be computer-based (Page 4, line 111)
- Provide screening and diagnostic capabilities (Page 4, lines 111-12)
- Identify students who have a substantial deficiency in reading, including students with characteristics of dyslexia (Page 4, lines 113-114)
- Inform instruction (Page 4, lines 115)
- Progress monitoring results from the grade 3 progress monitoring assessment may be used for VPK performance metrics (Page 5, lines 125-129)
- Provide VPK providers, school districts, schools, and teachers with data and resources that enhance differentiated instruction and parent communication. (Page 5, lines 136-139)
- Screening and progress monitoring will occur at the beginning of the school year and the middle of the school year. The Florida State Board of Education will develop the specific testing schedules (Page 11, lines 313-318)
- Be valid, reliable, and developmentally appropriate computer-based assessment (Page 12, lines 323-324)
- Provide screening and diagnostic capabilities for monitoring student progress (Page 12, lines 323-324)
- Monitor student progress (Page 12, line 324)
- Identify students who have a substantial difficulty in reading, including students with characteristics of dyslexia (Page 12, lines 325-327)
- Inform instruction (Page 12, line 327)
- Provide results to teachers within one week (Page 12, line 329)
- Provide results to parents within two weeks (Page 12, line 330)
- Must be a comprehensive assessment (Page 12, line 337)
- Administered in the Spring. The Florida State Board of Education will set the specific testing schedule (Page 12, Line 338)
- Results must be used for accountability purposes for school grades, school improvement ratings for alternative schools and for graduation requirements (Page 12, lines 339-343)
- Students must be provided an opportunity to retake the 10th grade ELA end of the year assessment. Any student who does not earn a passing score on the 10th grade ELA end of the year assessment can meet graduation requirements by earning a concordant score on the SAT or ACT (Pages 12-13, lines 343-351)
- Reading passages and writing prompts must incorporate grade-level core curricula content from social studies (Page 12, lines 345-347)
- A passing score represents grade-level performance. The Florida State Board of Education will have to engage in rulemaking on this. (Page 18, lines 516-517)
- Results must be available by May 31 (Page 21, lines 587-594)
- Screening and progress monitoring will occur at the beginning of the school year and the middle of the school year. The Florida State Board of Education will develop the specific testing schedules (Page 11, lines 357-362)
- Measure student progress in grades 3-8 in meeting the appropriate expectations in the mathematics standards (Page 13, lines 363-365)
- Be valid, reliable, developmentally appropriate and computer-based assessment (Page 13, lines 366-367)
- Monitor student progress (Page 13, line 368)
- Identity students who have a substantial deficiency in mathematics (Page 13, lines 369-370)
- Inform instruction (Page 13, line 370)
- Provide results to teachers within one week (Page 13, line 373)
- Provide results to parents within two weeks (Page 13, line 373)
- Provide students, teachers, and parents with actionable feedback during the school year to tailor instruction aimed at improved student outcomes in mathematics. (Page 13, lines 374-376)
- Must be a comprehensive assessment (Page 13, line 380)
- Administered in the Spring. The Florida State Board of Education will set the specific testing schedule (Page 13, lines 381-382)
- Results must be used for accountability purposes for school grades, school improvement ratings for alternative schools and for graduation requirements (Page 13, lines 382-385)
- A passing score represents grade-level performance. The Florida State Board of Education will have to engage in rulemaking on this. (Page 18, lines 516-517)
- Results must be available by May 31 (Page 21, lines 587-594)
- No changes from current law to the content of the test.
- No statewide progress monitoring assessments at this time
- A passing score represents grade-level performance. The Florida State Board of Education will have to engage in rulemaking on this. (Page 18, lines 516-517)
- Results must be available by May 31 (Page 21, lines 587-594)
- No changes from current law to the content of the test.
- No statewide progress monitoring assessments at this time
- A passing score represents grade-level performance. The Florida State Board of Education will have to engage in rulemaking on this. (Page 18, lines 516-517)
- Results must be available by May 31 (Page 21, lines 587-594)
- By Jan. 31, 2025, the commissioner of education shall provide recommendations on additional ways to streamline testing. These recommendations must include an analysis of the correlation between the two progress monitoring tests and the end-of-the-year assessment to determine if the results from the progress monitoring assessments can be used in lieu of the end-of-the-year assessment. (Page 28, lines 795-803)
- School and district grades in the 2022-23 school year will serve as an “informational baseline.” (Page 32, lines 914-915)
- During the baseline year of 2022-23, baseline grades must be set so that the same percentage of schools receive a grade of A, B, C, D, and F as they did during the 2021-22 school year. (Page 32, lines 915-918)
- When learning gains data becomes available in the 2023-24 school year, the State Board of Education will determine if the school grading scale needs to be adjusted. (Page 32, lines 919-922)
- No school will be required to implement a turnaround option in the 2023-24 school year based on the school’s 2022-23 school grade. (Page 32, lines 923-925)
- A school that is in turnaround and receives a grade of C or higher during the 2022-23 school year can be released from turnaround status. (Pages 32-33, lines 925-931)
- A school that receives the same or lower school grade in 2022-23 compared to 2021-22 is not subject to sanctions or penalties that would otherwise result.
- A 3rd grade student who does not pass the 3rd grade ELA end of the year assessment in 2022-23 may be promoted to 4th grade if there is a good cause exemption under current law or other means reasonably calculated to provide reliable evidence of student performance. (Page 33, lines 941-947)
- Alternative schools will not receive a school improvement rating for the 2022-23 school year. When learning gains results are available for the 2023-24 school year, the State Board of Education will set the scale for commendable, maintaining and unsatisfactory ratings. (Pages 33-34, lines 954-959)
- Be provided with results in a timely manner
- Within two weeks for progress monitoring assessments. (Page 12, line 330 and Page 13, line 373)
- No specific timeline in SB 1048 for parental notification of end of the year assessment results; though the results must be provided to school districts by May 31. (Page 21, lines 587-594)
- Be notified of acceleration options including
- The process to request student whole-grade promotion (Page 24, lines 692)
- The process to request midyear promotion (Page 24, line 693)
- The process to request subject matter acceleration which would results in a student attending a different school, which includes the right to be advised on the Academically Challenging Curriculum to Enhance Learning (ACCEL) options (Page 24, lines 693-697)
- The option of early graduation (Page 25, line 697)
- Be notified of deficiencies including
- Notification their child being identified as having a substantial deficiency in reading (Page 25, lines 699-701)
- Notification their child will be retained in 3rd grade as a result of not meeting the proficiency level required on the end of year assessment and the reasons the child is not eligible for a good cause exemption (Page 25, lines 702-706)
- Be notified of their child’s academic progress including
- An annual report on their child’s progress toward achieving state and district expectations for proficiency in ELA, science, social studies, and mathematics (Page 25, lines 707-710)
- Academic achievement and learning gain data for their child (Page 25, lines 718-720)
- Notification of their child’s nonparticipation in the statewide, standardized assessment program and the implications of nonparticipation (Page 25, lines 721-724)
- Be notified of accommodations including
- Notification if their child with a disability or with limited English proficiency is provided with instructional accommodations in the classroom that are not allowed as accommodations for statewide, standardized assessments. (Page 26, lines 726-733)
- The right to consent before a school district administers district-required local assessments that exceed 5% of their child’s total school hours pursuant to 22(7)(e). This right is only for parents of children in district schools, not charter schools.
Vote History
SB 1048
- 9-0, Senate Education Committee, Jan. 11.
- 8-0, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, Jan, 26
- 18-0, Senate Appropriations, Feb. 09
- 38-0, Senate Floor, March 03
- 83-31, House Floor, March 09
HB 1193
- 12-4, House Early Learning and Elementary Education Subcommittee, Feb. 2
- 15-0, House PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee, Feb. 16
- 13-5, House Education and Employment Committee, Feb. 23
What’s Next
- SB 1048 has been passed by both chambers and is ready for Gov. DeSantis signature.
Talking Points
- SB 1048 does not reduce testing, nor does it eliminate the big end of the year test.
- The most notable element of the bill is that it takes tests for Florida’s youngest students that used to be paper and pencil and makes them computer-based. Even kids in prekindergarten will be forced to take computer-based progress monitoring tests.
- Progress monitoring has great potential, but only if educators are provided timely, specific feedback by standard.
- Educators must also have time for dedicated, uninterrupted planning in order ensure every student, regardless of race, background, zip code or exceptionality receives the education they deserve.
- Without time for educators to plan and prepare strategies for each student, progress monitoring loses its value.
