Third Grade Guidance

Third Grade Guidance and Resources

Florida Statutes and Florida State Board of Education Rules

Section 1008.25, Florida Statutes
- State Board Rule 6A-1.094221, F. A. C., Alternative Standardized Reading Assessment and Use of Student Portfolio for Good Cause Promotion Amended 3-15-22
- State Board Rule 6A-1.094222, F. A. C., Standards for Mid-Year Promotion of Retained Third Graders Amended 2-21-23

Guidance and Resources

Promotion to Grade 4 Technical Assistance Paper (PDF) - Updated 9/15/23

Alternative Assessments For Good Cause Promotion

In accordance with section 1008.25(7)(b)(3), F.S., and State Board Rule 6A-1.094221, F. A.C., districts may submit for approval alternate assessments to be used for good cause promotion to justread@fldoe.org.

Assessments must meet the following criteria found in Rule 6A-1.094221, F. A. C.:

Internal consistency reliability coefficients of at least 0.80;
High validity evidenced by the alignment of the test with nationally recognized content standards, as well as specific evidence of content, concurrent or criterion validity;
Norming studies within the last five (5) to ten (10) years, with norming within five (5) years being preferable; and
Serves as a measure of grade 3 achievement in reading comprehension.

The following assessments have been approved for use. The percentile required on each assessment is also provided.

SAT-10: 45^th Percentile

Terranova: 50^th Percentile

ITBS: 50^th Percentile

NWEA MAP: 50^th Percentile

Star Reading: 50^th Percentile

I-Ready: 50^th Percentile

I-Station: 50^th Percentile

Achieve3000 LevelSet: 50^th Percentile

Amira: 50^th Percentile

Edmentum Exact Path: 50^th Percentile

The following assessments have been submitted for approval by a district and are pending approval; notification will be made to all districts once a determination is made.

No pending reviews at this time.

The following assessments were denied approval and the portion of the rule which eliminated the assessment is provided.

Discovery Education Assessment - Did not meet criteria 1, 2 or 3
AIMS Web - Did not meet criteria 4

Third Grade Guidance