Area school districts show little improvement in state assessments

Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart today announced the state assessments in Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Civics and U.S. History for 2015-16 school year.

Statewide, results show that the percentage of students achieving on mathematics combined (Florida Standards Assessment and End-of-Course assessments) increased overall by one percentage point, with 58 percent of students in grades 3-5 and 56 percent of students in grades 6-8 scoring Level 3 or higher.

Results were up 5 percentage points for students younger than high school age taking Algebra with 88 percent scoring Level 3 or higher in 2016. In addition, the percentage of students scoring Level 3 or higher on the Algebra 2 end-of-course assessment increased by four percentage points while English Language Arts remained steady.

Student results were up 1 percentage point in Grade 8 Science combined (Statewide Science Assessment and Biology 1).

Escambia County’s scores remained below statewide results. However, FDOE touted a few accomplishments for the District:

* Improved five percentage points for students younger than high school age in Algebra 1, with 83 percent scoring Level 3 or higher.
* Increased two percentage points in Grades 9-10 English Language Arts.

Santa Rosa’s scores were above statewide results, but slightly less than last year in some areas

FDOE touted:

* Improved three percentage points in Algebra 2.
* Increased one percentage point for students younger than high school age in Algebra 1, with 96 percent scoring Level 3 or higher.
* Moved up one percentage point in both Biology 1 and U.S. History.

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