PM3 Spring Testing 🌸 💻

This calendar contains testing for the following during the months of April and May:

• K: Star Early Literacy
• 1st & 2nd: Star Reading
• K-2: Star Math, Star CBM (reading & math)
• 3rd-5th: ELA PM3, Math PM3,
• 4th-5th: Writing FAST
• 5th: Science FAST
• 3rd-4th: Science Quarterly 3 Assessment

• May 5: Time to Battle the ELA Test! Wear Camo! 💚🖤
• May 12: Jags tackle the Math Test! Wear Sports! 🏈
• May 14: Let's CRUSH the Science Test! Wear Orange! 🍊

Please see below to find out who your testing buddy is! During testing days, please write encouraging notes, show positivity, and cheer on your partner class!

2nd, 3rd, PreK

• Chrusch-Wargo
  
• Cooper-Lewis
  
• Gonzalez- Ziolowski
  
• Lamb/Wiggins- Willits/Martin
  
• Musta-Cruz
  
• Tygart- Velasquez
  
• Hackworth- Hernandez
  

KG, 4th

• Vara- Frankowska
• Colbert- Mosby
• Wells- Bryant
• Al-jaroudi- Powell/Bunch
• Barrera- Powell/Bunch
• Lopez- Carlos
• Wilson- Olivera

1st, 5th

• Brown- Baisden
• Johnson- Wiggins
• Kolbeck- Kahan
• Macon- B. Herrera
• M. Herrera- Oleson
• Campbell- Pineros

Behavior Support, VE

• Parino- Agepog
• Ronquillo- Clervaux
• Hicks- Downer
• Saymiknha- Hutchinson

• March 30
• May 5
• May 12
• May 14

Common Planning Updates

• Due to resource being cancelled on 2 Tuesdays in a row (K-2 Common Planning), we will have a Wednesday CPT for K-2 & the following Wednesday CPT for 3-5. Please see below the dates:
• May 6 (Wednesday): K-2 Common Planning
• May 13 (Wednesday): 3-5 Common Planning

• Please complete this form and turn in with Student Asset ID's. This is needed from ALL grade levels.
• Please turn in a new one with every FAST assessment given.

Please ensure that you have completed the following:

• K-5 Teachers
• Testing Agreement & Security Log has been signed and turned into Mr. Brandon or Mrs. Quinlan
• 3-5 Teachers
• FAST Online Teacher Certification Training: https://flfast.org/
• Once the training is completed, please print your certificate and turn in to Mr. Brandon or Mrs. Quinlan

• **If these documents were signed and training was completed in the beginning of the year, then you do not have to do again. This ONLY needs to be completed if you have not already done so for the 2025-2026 school year.**

• Testing Groups Link:Testing Groups.xlsx
• Please double-check that all of the students in your homeroom are in a testing group. This will ensure that we do not have extra students in a holding room who do not need to be there. Please do this ahead of time so we can ensure there are no errors that need to be fixed.
• New Students: These groups will change when new students are enrolled.

• You will be testing your own students in small groups.
  
• You will have a para assigned to you during your testing time. During this time, you will test 1 group of students at a time. The rest of the students will quietly be on the computer (Lexia, Redbird, iReady), while the para ensures they stay at a Level 0.
• Co-teachers: You will not have a para. One of you will test the small group of students, while the other ensures the non-testing students remain quiet while the small group tests.
• You will have the following per every small group you test: Roster, Seating Chart, and Security Log. What this means is, you will have to complete this documents for every small group that you test in your classroom.
• If you are wanting to test your students whole group: please reach out to Mrs. Quinlan & we will ensure that your roster is reflecting whole group testing!

• Testing Groups will be the same as they were for DMA Testing.
• We will switch into testing groups right at 8:45 a.m. on testing day in the amphitheater
• Since you all are testing on Wednesdays, Resource will not interfere since it is a non-resource day.

• Go to Blended Learning
• Click "Renaissance Learning"
• Have students click the "Star Early Literacy" FAST Tile
**If they do not click the FAST Tile, they will have to take it again.**

• Go to Blended Learning
• Click "Renaissance Learning"
• Have students click the "Star Reading" FAST Tile

• Go to Blended Learning
• Click "Renaissance Learning"
• Have students click the "Star Math" FAST Tile

• The window for this assessment opens April 13. Our Beauclerc deadline for this to be completed is May 15.
• ALL K-2 students must take the Star CBM for reading.
• Mrs. Staves will send the list of students who need it for math.
• The classroom teacher should ensure all students in the class have completed this assessment by the May 15 deadline.
• Tip: You can utilize the following times for this assessment: 3-5 testing days (great time to keep students quiet!), non-resource days/cancelled resource days, & try to finish as early as possible! We know the closer we get to the end of the year, the more absences we will have.

• Students will NOT be using Take a Test for PM3. They will be using FL Secure Browser.
• Where do the students go?
• They login to the computer (using their normal username & password) and it will be on their desktop to click on and open
• Can't see the Secure Browser Icon?
• Ensure all laptops have been updated
• Contact Mrs. Staves and put a ticket in if you still do not see it
• Ensure you have students login and check BEFORE testing starts

• Go to flfast.org
• Click "Florida Statewide Assessments" (the picture of the girl)
• Click "Teachers and Test Administrators" (the middle picture)
• Scroll down and click "Administer Statewide Assessments" under "Administering Tests"
• Click "Start a New Test Session Now" and choose the correct assessment
• Write the password on the board for students

• Writing: 120 minutes
• ELA: 120 minutes
• Math: 100 minutes
• 5th Science: 160 minutes

**These times are different from PM1 & PM2.

Directions for students to access the assessment:

Prior to taking the test, students should:

• Log in as normal with student number & password (students do NOT click "Take a Test")
• Allow Teams to pop up & then close out of it. Also, have students close out of any other pop ups (otherwise it will kick them out of the test)

• Students will then go to Blended Learning -> Performance Matters -> DCPS single sign on should appear for students to sign in
• Once students are logged in, the Science DMA will appear on their assessment screen
• Students will need to enter the password to log in

Passwords:

• 3rd-4th Grade: Science teachers will be able to release the test and see the password under OLA student status.

**Any time a student clicks outside of the test it will lock them out. The Science teacher OR admin will need to unlock it to let them back in. Please let the science teacher or admin team know & they will assist.

• Testing begins promptly at 8:45 after breakfast
• You will test your students in your classroom in your small groups. It is up to you which group you test first. The expectation is that all of your small groups are tested by you during your designated testing day
• You will have a para assigned to assist with testing. That para can assist in the morning & after their lunch time + lunch duty.

• We will meet in the amphitheater at 8:45 to switch into testing groups
• Since it is a Wednesday (Common Planning for 3-5) the resource schedule will not interfere with 2nd Grade starting right at 8:45

• We will be splitting into testing groups in the cafeteria
• Please bring your laptop with you so you can take attendance
• All ESE and ELL testing administrators will be in the cafeteria by 8:30 to collect their students
• Testing will then begin promptly by 9:00
• **Testing Groups are linked above in the Testing Group Section**

• 🌞 Pick-Up- Rm. 49 (Testing Room)
• Can be picked up as early as 7:50 in the testing room, rm 49 (next to multi-purpose room, across from CPT room). Please pick up all testing materials by 8:20.
• SIGN and complete paperwork prior to returning materials. (Seating Chart, Roster, Asset I.D.s, etc)
• Ensure you have ALL materials needed before you leave:
• Gen Ed, 504 & ESE Groups: Roster, Seating Chart, Security Log, & scratch paper (for each student)
• ELL Groups: Roster, Seating Chart, Security Log, Science Glossaries, & scratch paper (for each student)
• 💻 Student Laptops
• Since all assessments are online, all students will need a laptop.
• Students do NOT need to travel with a laptop. They should use the laptop in their testing room.
• **Ensure that the Asset ID is listed for each laptop the student uses for testing
• All ESE teachers and interventionists have a laptop cart in their classroom, so those students also do not have to bring a laptop.
• 🏁 Materials After Testing is Finished
• Send a message on TEAMS to Mr. Brandon or Mrs. Quinlan when you are finished. That will let us know when every class is complete & one of us will come by to collect materials.

• When a student arrives late, you will receive a phone call from the front office if it is between 8:30-9:15 to see if you have started yet/can let the late student in.
• Any late students that arrive after you have started testing or 9:15, will go to the holding room
• Students cannot be let into the room once you have started FAST testing.

We will be utilizing resource teachers and paras to assist with being hall monitors. This will ensure that the school stays quiet during PM3 testing.

There should be absolutely NO ONE on the playground during the following times until an "All Clear" has been called:

• March 30
• May 5
• May 12
• May 14

There should be no one on the smaller playgrounds during the following days until an "All Clear" has been called:

• April 15
• April 16
• April 17
• April 22
• April 23
• April 24

Please keep in mind the following:

• When 3-5 Grade is testing, the following locations are being utilized. This means please either avoid these areas during testing, or ensure your students are on a Level 0
• Main building (K-1 and Behavior Support- please avoid walking in this building when possible. Please enter the lunchroom using the other entrance to ensure traffic is limited in this hallway during testing time)
• 5th Grade building
• Mrs. Lamb + Ms. Wiggins class in Behavior Support building
• VE classrooms (in the primary hallway)
• Ms. Polistina's Classroom (117 in the primary hallway)
• When K-2 are testing, the following locations are being utilized. This means please either avoid these areas during testing, or ensure your students are on a Level 0
• Main building (2nd Grade hallway)
• Primary building
• VE classrooms (in the primary hallway)
• Ms. Polistina's Classroom (117 in the primary hallway)
• When Make-Up testing is happening, the following locations will be utilized. This means please try to avoid these areas during testing, or ensure your students are on a Level 0
• Room 25 (main building)
• Room 20 (main building)
• Room 13 (main building)
• Room 44 (main building)
• Room 4 (main building)
• Room 117 (primary building- if a testing sign is on the back door by playground, please do not use this playground during that time. Check before allowing students to play)
• VE rooms (primary building)

Please just be aware of your surroundings during testing season! Be on the lookout for testing signs and pay attention to all testing dates to ensure that we are respecting all during this testing time. Remember, do not go outside on 3-5 testing days until admin gives the all clear.😊 If you have read this far, please email rusichs@duvalschools.org (Mrs. Quinlan) the words "sweet treat." The first 3 to do so will receive a sweet treat.

• ALL content material needs to be removed prior to testing. Please make sure charts are pulled down or flipped over.
• Admin will be coming around to ensure that all content material has been taken down prior to testing.
• Make sure computers are charged each day.
• Put in tickets for any broken or not working laptops.
• Ensure Florida Secure Browser is on the student desktop

• ✅ Check Devices
• Ensure all devices are charged or plugged in.
• Verify that required software, browsers, and tools are updated.
• 🏫 Prep your Room
• Make sure all Science content is covered or flipped where students can't see it.
• Ensure you have your desks in testing mode (all facing one direction, a few feet apart).
• 👩🏻‍🏫Prep Students
• Explain test rules and what's expected (in kid friendly terms).
• Practice logging in beforehand.
• Review how to ask for help quietly during the test.

• ⌛Give Yourself Time
  
• Power up devices and open testing platforms in advance.
• 🧹Prepare the Room
  
• Create a quiet, distraction free enviornment
• Post signs like "Testing in Progress- Please Be Quiet"
• 🤫 Minimize Interruptions
  
• Limit students from entering & leaving the room

• 🧍Circulate the Room
• Monitor screens to ensure students stay on task.
• Watch for tech issues or confusion.
• 💻 Tech Help Ready
  
• Be prepared to assist with login issues or frozen screens.
• Have backup devices or a quick fix plan if needed.
• 🤗 Support Students Calmly
  
• Encourage without giving answers.
• Help students stay calm and focused.
• 📝 Complete all testing documents
• Ensure the roster has been completed, seating chart, Asset I.D.'s, Security Log, & any other materials that might need to be completed have been filled out.

• 📧 Confirm submissions & turn in all documents to testing designee (Mr. Brandon or Mrs. Quinlan)
  
• Make sure all students tests were submitted properly.
• Send a message on TEAMS to Mr. Brandon or Mrs. Quinlan that your class is finished with the assessment.
• Mrs. Quinlan or Mr. Brandon will be by to collect testing materials
• These are STATE testing materials. Ensure they are NOT left alone and are turned in after testing is completed.
• 📔 Note any Issues to Mr. Brandon (During & After)
  
• Note tech glitches, student absences, behaviors, or irregularities.
• 🎉 Celebrate Effort
  
• Acknowledge student focus and perseverance!

• K-2 Scripts: K–2 FAST Script.pdf

• https://flfast.org/content/contentresources/en/FL_SPSU25_PBT_Accommodated_Scripts_021225_Final_508.pdf?utm_source=copilot.com

• Science DMA Script: K–2 FAST Script.pdf

Thank you for reading all of this information! Please let Mr. Brandon know if you have any questions about testing. 😊