North Central Florida Students Mark Higher Performance on State Assessments

June 10, 2016

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North Central Florida Students Mark Higher Performance on State Assessments

Tallahassee, Fla., June 10, 2016 – Commissioner of Education Pam Stewart today announced that students in North Central Florida are improving their performance on state assessments in Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Civics and U.S. History.

“Today’s results show that our focus on improved student learning is working, and I commend our state’s students, educators, parents and school administrators for their hard work throughout the 2015-16 school year,” said Commissioner Stewart. “Even with a higher bar, Florida students continued the overall trend of increased performance year over year. We are committed to ongoing collaboration with district superintendents and school leaders to maintain this momentum so that all students are prepared to succeed in the next steps of their academic journey.”

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).

Highlights from the North Central Florida area include:

Alachua County

• Improved by three percentage points to 88 percent of students younger than high school age earning Level 3 or higher in Algebra 1.
• Increased the percentage of students achieving in Civics to 70 percent, an improvement of three percentage points.

Dixie County

• Increased student performance from last year in Geometry by 11 percentage points, with 44 percent of students scoring Level 3 or higher.
• Improved by seven percentage points the percent of students in grades 6-8 scoring Level 3 or higher on English Language Arts,
• Moved performance for high school students taking Algebra 1 up by five percentage points.
• Increased to 65 percent the students who scored Level 3 or higher in U.S. History by four percentage points.

Gilchrist County

• Improved the percent of students earning Level 3 or higher in Algebra 2 by 13 percentage points.
• Moved up by four percentage points the students who scored Level 3 or higher in Geometry.
• Increased three percentage points in Grade 8 Science combined (State Science assessment and Biology 1 End-of Course assessment) and Grades 3-5 Mathematics combined (Florida Standards Assessment and End-of-Course assessments).

Levy County

• Increased by six percentage points the percent of students scoring Level 3 or higher on U.S. History to 73 percent.
• Improved performance in Grade 8 Science combined (State Science assessment and Biology 1 End-of Course assessment) by four percentage points.
• Moved up three percentage points in Grades 3-5 English Language Arts and Grades 3-5 Mathematics combined (Florida Standards Assessment and End-of-Course assessments).

Marion County

• Improved performance for students younger than high school age taking Algebra 1 to 93 percent, an increase of eight percentage points.
• Increased five percentage points in Civics to 58 percent of students scoring Level 3 or higher.
• Improved five percentage points in Geometry.

P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School

• Seventy-one percent of students scored Level 3 or higher in Algebra 1, an increase of 12 percentage points,
• Increased 19 percentage points in students younger than high school age earning Level 3 or higher in Algebra 1.
• In Algebra 2, there was an increase of 21 percentage points to 73 percent of students scoring Level 3 or higher.

The 2016 assessment results are available at State Assessment Results.

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