Local students show improvement in state assessments

The Florida Department of Education on Friday released student performance results on state assessments in Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Civics and U.S. History.

Franklin County students showed some big improvements -  local 8^th graders jumped 25 percentage points in Grade 8 Science with 62 percent of students scoring Level 3 or higher.

Local students moved up eight percentage points in Biology 1 and seven percentage points in Civics.

They also improved four percentage points in Geometry.

Gulf County students moved up 13 percentage points for students younger than high school age in Algebra 1, with 96 percent of students scoring Level 3 or higher.

Gulf county students also increased by eight percentage points in Grades 6-8 English Language Arts, they improved by seven percentage points in Grades 3-5 Mathematics and improved by six percentage points in Grades 6-8 Mathematics.

Wakulla County Improved 13 percentage points in U.S. History, with 80 percent of their students scoring Level 3 or higher.

Wakulla county students also moved up seven percentage points in Civics, with 74 percent of students scoring at Level 3 or higher and increased five percentage points in Grade 8 Science and four percentage points in both Biology 1 and for students younger than high school age in Algebra 1.

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http://fldoe.org/accountability/assessments/k-12-student-assessment/results/2016.stml

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