Early FCAT scores mixed bag


  • May 23, 2014
  • /   Shannon Nickinson
  • /   education

The Florida Department of Education released some FCAT scores today.

Scores released today were third-grade reading and math; fourth-grade writing; eighth-grade writing; and 10th grade writing.

In good news for Escambia County schools, writing scores at Warrington Middle School outpace scores at three other county middle schools. This year, 42 percent of the eighth-graders scored at proficiency in writing. Last year, it was 23 percent.

Warrington Middle earned an F last school year and has never earned better than a C since state standardized testing began as the FCAT in 1998-1999.

Overall district third-graders dropped three percentage points in math proficiency, held steady in reading and dropped five percentage points in writing. Math scores at nearly every elementary school declined; reading generally rose or held steady.

Writing was a mixed bag, with 19 schools seeing decreased scores -- some into single digits. Thirteen schools saw increased writing scores and one held steady.

The table below provides data that represents the percentage of students performing at a satisfactory level and above as determined by the passing standards established by the State Board of Education on Jan. 21, which are consistent with the standards used for school grading for each subject area.

The percentage of students scoring Achievement Level 3 and above is provided for FCAT 2.0 reading, mathematics, and science.

The percentage of students scoring 3.5 and above is provided for FCAT 2.0 Writing. Results for FCAT 2.0 writing are reported on a scale of 1.0 (lowest) to 6.0 (highest).

Two trained scorers independently score each student response. The score reported is the average of both scorers’ scores.

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