3rd grade math and reading FCAT scores released

The Florida Department of Education released 3^rd grade FCAT results in math and reading last week and there was a big difference between the scores at Franklin County’s two schools.

Overall 46 percent of local third graders scored at or above grade level in reading, that’s a slight increase from 45 percent last year but below the statewide average of 57 percent.

40 percent of local 3^rd graders scored high enough in math – that’s up from 31 percent last year.

The statewide average was 58 percent.

But third graders at the Apalachicola Bay Charter School actually beat the state average this year with 63 percent passing the math portion of the FCAT and 74 percent scoring a 3 or higher in reading.

At the Franklin County School 33 percent of 3^rd graders passed the reading section and 29 percent passed in math.

The FCAT reading scores are especially important in 3^rd grade because students who don’t score at least a 2 can be held back – though there are other options that the school can consider that allow students to move on to the 4^th grade.

You can see the district and school scores for yourself – we’ve posted the link to the FCAT results on the news page at oysterradio.com.

http://fcat.fldoe.org/resultsFCAT2/default.asp

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