FCAT writing breakdown by school

The Escambia County Public School District showed improvement on the FCAT writing, although less than half of the schools met or exceeded the state average….

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Camelot High is a joke, too

The Camelot high school isn’t doing  well either. School Name 2011 Score 2011 Gap 2010 Gap Improvement ESCAMBIA CHARTER SCHOOL 59 -16 -31 15 NORTHVIEW…

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Camelot worse than AV Clubbs – FCAT writing for 8th grade

The Camelot-run middle school performed much worse than the old A.V. Clubbs on the FCAT writing tests when you compare its percentage of 4 or…

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Silver lining on FCAT writing scores – 4th grade

The majority of the Escambia County elementary schools improved on the writing scores and narrowed the gap between the percentage of fourth graders scoring 4…

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5 of 7 Escambia High School do well on FCAT writing

Only Pensacola and Escambia High failed to surpass the state FCAT writing averages for scores of 4 or higher: District Name School Name Number of…

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4 of 11 Escambia middle school surpass state FCAT writing average

The surprise in the eighth grade reading is that the “IB middle school,” Workman, didn’t surpass state average for scores 4 or above.  The Camelot…

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Nine 4th grades surpass state FCAT writing averages

Escambia County only had nine fourth grade classes exceed the state FCAT writing averages for students thatscored a 4 or higher—and A.K. Suter, Hellen Caro…

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FCAT writing scores to be released today

The easiest of the of Florida Comprehensive Assessment Tests will be released Florida Dept. of Education at 10 a.m. today. The writing exams are are…

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No real FCAT progress made in five years

We’ve had the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test for over 10 years. School districts have had plenty of time to figure out how to prepare third…

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Education: Common Core

Education is more than test scores. While Escambia County Public School District focuses on FCAT scores, Florida and 41 other states are moving towards the…

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Except in Escambia County

The Escambia County Public School District has 11 middle and elementary schools that have greater than 70 percent minority student populations. All have over 90…

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Minority and poor doesn’t mean bad grades

More proof that schools with minority and economically disadvantaged students can succeed. There are 87 non-charter middle and elementary schools in Florida that have over…

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