Florida students showed slight improvements in 2014's FCAT scores, according to the year's full exam results released Friday by the Florida Department of Education.
Among the highlights, Friday's results showed students statewide improved in reading by 1 percent in grades 4, 5, 6, 8 and 10.
In the math tests, fourth-graders improved by 2 percent, and students in grades 5–7 posted a 1 percent improvement.
Eighth-grade science scores were up 2 percent, and fifth-graders improved by 1 percent in science.
The Education Department highlighted the following counties for their improved performance this year:
- Citrus County improved in five of the seven assessment areas announced Friday, including a 6 percent increase in fifth-grade science.
- Flagler County improved from 2013 in five assessment areas. Both fifth and eighth grades increased by 5 percentage points in science, while grades 6–8 increased in reading by 4 percent.
- Lake County students showed improvement from 2013 in four assessment areas. Grades 9–10 went up by 3 percent in reading, and fifth-graders increased 2 percentage points in science.
- Hillsborough County was one of just five Florida school districts that improved in all seven assessment areas announced Friday, led by a 4 percent point increase in fifth-grade science.
- Manatee County improved in four assessment areas, including a 7 percent increase in grades 3–5 math, and a 5 percent increase in fifth-grade science.
- Orange County increased in five assessment areas. Grades 3–5 had a 4 percent increase in math, and both fifth and eighth graders improved by 2 percent in science.
- Osceola County also improved in all seven assessment areas, led by a 3 percent increase in eighth-grade science.
- Volusia County had improvements in four assessment areas. Grades 3–5 jumped 5 percent in math, and eighth graders increased by 4 percent in science.
"I applaud teachers and school leaders for their focus on increasing student academic performance," Education Commissioner Pam Stewart said in a statement Friday. "As we transition to new standards and assessments next year, I am confident students will continue to succeed."
This year marked the last administration of the FCAT. In 2015, Florida students will take a new exam aligned with the Common Core standards.
———————————————
2014 FCAT Results County by County
The table below shows the percentage of students in each district who passed each section of the FCAT with a achievement level of satisfactory or above.
Math tests were only taken in grades 3–8. Science tests were only taken in grades 5 and 8. Writing tests were only taken in grades 4, 8 and 10.
| GRADE LEVEL |
READING |
MATH |
SCIENCE |
WRITING |
|---|
| |
2013 |
2014 |
2013 |
2014 |
2013 |
2014 |
2013 |
2014 |
| FLORIDA STATEWIDE |
|---|
| Grade 3 |
57% |
57% |
58% |
58% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 4 |
60% |
61% |
61% |
63% |
— |
— |
57% |
53% |
| Grade 5 |
60% |
61% |
55% |
56% |
53% |
54% |
— |
— |
| Grade 6 |
59% |
60% |
52% |
53% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 7 |
57% |
57% |
55% |
56% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 8 |
56% |
57% |
51% |
47% |
47% |
49% |
54% |
56% |
| Grade 9 |
63% |
53% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 10 |
54% |
55% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
62% |
64% |
| BREVARD |
|---|
| Grade 3 |
64% |
64% |
57% |
58% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 4 |
67% |
65% |
63% |
62% |
— |
— |
55% |
47% |
| Grade 5 |
66% |
66% |
58% |
60% |
62% |
62% |
— |
— |
| Grade 6 |
72% |
73% |
68% |
72% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 7 |
64% |
63% |
62% |
61% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 8 |
64% |
63% |
45% |
43% |
60% |
57% |
54% |
50% |
| Grade 9 |
63% |
65% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 10 |
63% |
66% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
67% |
62% |
| CITRUS |
|---|
| Grade 3 |
65% |
66% |
59% |
59% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 4 |
67% |
66% |
63% |
66% |
— |
— |
53% |
53% |
| Grade 5 |
66% |
69% |
59% |
64% |
51% |
57% |
— |
— |
| Grade 6 |
65% |
63% |
56% |
55% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 7 |
63% |
62% |
62% |
64% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 8 |
60% |
63% |
69% |
64% |
53% |
55% |
64% |
68% |
| Grade 9 |
57% |
58% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 10 |
58% |
58% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
68% |
68% |
| FLAGLER |
|---|
| Grade 3 |
68% |
65% |
58% |
63% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 4 |
65% |
64% |
62% |
67% |
— |
— |
63% |
63% |
| Grade 5 |
66% |
69% |
52% |
53% |
49% |
54% |
— |
— |
| Grade 6 |
66% |
72% |
60% |
65% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 7 |
64% |
64% |
67% |
62% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 8 |
59% |
63% |
53% |
58% |
44% |
49% |
49% |
59% |
| Grade 9 |
55% |
51% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 10 |
54% |
54% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
57% |
63% |
| HERNANDO |
|---|
| Grade 3 |
62% |
63% |
59% |
58% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 4 |
59% |
65% |
59% |
58% |
— |
— |
54% |
42% |
| Grade 5 |
60% |
61% |
52% |
51% |
50% |
53% |
— |
— |
| Grade 6 |
59% |
60% |
50% |
46% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 7 |
57% |
57% |
59% |
59% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 8 |
57% |
55% |
55% |
55% |
51% |
47% |
47% |
46% |
| Grade 9 |
55% |
54% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 10 |
51% |
56% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
56% |
62% |
| HILLSBOROUGH |
|---|
| Grade 3 |
56% |
59% |
54% |
56% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 4 |
59% |
61% |
57% |
59% |
— |
— |
65% |
70% |
| Grade 5 |
58% |
61% |
54% |
55% |
52% |
56% |
— |
— |
| Grade 6 |
55% |
57% |
51% |
52% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 7 |
51% |
52% |
54% |
57% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 8 |
51% |
53% |
53% |
53% |
45% |
46% |
66% |
68% |
| Grade 9 |
51% |
49% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 10 |
52% |
55% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
67% |
66% |
| LAKE |
|---|
| Grade 3 |
59% |
55% |
58% |
58% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 4 |
59% |
60% |
60% |
61% |
— |
— |
51% |
45% |
| Grade 5 |
60% |
59% |
52% |
53% |
49% |
51% |
— |
— |
| Grade 6 |
55% |
57% |
48% |
45% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 7 |
53% |
55% |
51% |
54% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 8 |
52% |
54% |
34% |
28% |
47% |
47% |
44% |
48% |
| Grade 9 |
50% |
51% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 10 |
49% |
54% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
48% |
57% |
| MANATEE |
|---|
| Grade 3 |
49% |
51% |
49% |
54% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 4 |
53% |
57% |
55% |
65% |
— |
— |
45% |
54% |
| Grade 5 |
57% |
57% |
51% |
57% |
45% |
50% |
— |
— |
| Grade 6 |
55% |
57% |
46% |
50% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 7 |
55% |
54% |
53% |
57% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 8 |
53% |
53% |
55% |
54% |
48% |
47% |
44% |
45% |
| Grade 9 |
53% |
49% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 10 |
53% |
53% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
51% |
58% |
| MARION |
|---|
| Grade 3 |
51% |
47% |
56% |
51% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 4 |
54% |
52% |
63% |
58% |
— |
— |
46% |
35% |
| Grade 5 |
56% |
55% |
52% |
52% |
55% |
52% |
— |
— |
| Grade 6 |
52% |
53% |
45% |
43% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 7 |
53% |
49% |
51% |
50% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 8 |
47% |
49% |
50% |
48% |
42% |
41% |
37% |
40% |
| Grade 9 |
51% |
49% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 10 |
50% |
51% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
55% |
51% |
| ORANGE |
|---|
| Grade 3 |
58% |
56% |
58% |
58% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 4 |
61% |
61% |
61% |
67% |
— |
— |
55% |
56% |
| Grade 5 |
60% |
62% |
55% |
58% |
55% |
57% |
— |
— |
| Grade 6 |
59% |
61% |
51% |
54% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 7 |
59% |
57% |
55% |
56% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 8 |
57% |
57% |
55% |
54% |
47% |
49% |
50% |
54% |
| Grade 9 |
53% |
52% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 10 |
52% |
54% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
54% |
64% |
| OSCEOLA |
|---|
| Grade 3 |
53% |
53% |
49% |
49% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 4 |
56% |
58% |
52% |
54% |
— |
— |
58% |
53% |
| Grade 5 |
56% |
58% |
45% |
47% |
51% |
52% |
— |
— |
| Grade 6 |
55% |
57% |
43% |
45% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 7 |
53% |
54% |
48% |
49% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 8 |
51% |
52% |
32% |
30% |
39% |
42% |
61% |
56% |
| Grade 9 |
46% |
47% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 10 |
48% |
48% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
67% |
61% |
| PASCO |
|---|
| Grade 3 |
59% |
58% |
51% |
50% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 4 |
59% |
62% |
56% |
54% |
— |
— |
53% |
38% |
| Grade 5 |
62% |
61% |
56% |
52% |
49% |
52% |
— |
— |
| Grade 6 |
60% |
61% |
53% |
53% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 7 |
58% |
54% |
55% |
57% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 8 |
55% |
56% |
53% |
51% |
48% |
52% |
48% |
48% |
| Grade 9 |
54% |
53% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 10 |
56% |
57% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
63% |
60% |
| PINELLAS |
|---|
| Grade 3 |
56% |
55% |
48% |
49% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 4 |
60% |
59% |
54% |
59% |
— |
— |
60% |
51% |
| Grade 5 |
59% |
60% |
50% |
51% |
49% |
55% |
— |
— |
| Grade 6 |
58% |
59% |
50% |
48% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 7 |
55% |
55% |
53% |
54% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 8 |
54% |
55% |
48% |
47% |
48% |
47% |
54% |
55% |
| Grade 9 |
52% |
52% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 10 |
52% |
53% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
67% |
61% |
| POLK |
|---|
| Grade 3 |
50% |
49% |
54% |
51% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 4 |
53% |
52% |
56% |
55% |
— |
— |
51% |
44% |
| Grade 5 |
54% |
53% |
48% |
47% |
45% |
47% |
— |
— |
| Grade 6 |
52% |
52% |
43% |
43% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 7 |
49% |
49% |
43% |
41% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 8 |
48% |
48% |
46% |
28% |
37% |
39% |
47% |
48% |
| Grade 9 |
43% |
42% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 10 |
42% |
43% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
54% |
54% |
| SEMINOLE |
|---|
| Grade 3 |
70% |
68% |
69% |
69% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 4 |
72% |
71% |
72% |
71% |
— |
— |
56% |
49% |
| Grade 5 |
71% |
73% |
66% |
70% |
63% |
64% |
— |
— |
| Grade 6 |
68% |
68% |
62% |
64% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 7 |
69% |
67% |
66% |
70% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 8 |
69% |
69% |
69% |
66% |
59% |
59% |
58% |
56% |
| Grade 9 |
64% |
65% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 10 |
66% |
67% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
58% |
69% |
| SUMTER |
|---|
| Grade 3 |
63% |
64% |
68% |
68% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 4 |
67% |
66% |
72% |
68% |
— |
— |
67% |
52% |
| Grade 5 |
67% |
68% |
61% |
64% |
61% |
60% |
— |
— |
| Grade 6 |
59% |
67% |
50% |
57% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 7 |
61% |
56% |
61% |
63% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 8 |
60% |
58% |
63% |
60% |
51% |
50% |
72% |
64% |
| Grade 9 |
57% |
61% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 10 |
59% |
61% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
66% |
72% |
| VOLUSIA |
|---|
| Grade 3 |
56% |
55% |
54% |
59% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 4 |
59% |
58% |
62% |
63% |
— |
— |
50% |
42% |
| Grade 5 |
59% |
61% |
51% |
57% |
61% |
62% |
— |
— |
| Grade 6 |
56% |
56% |
48% |
41% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 7 |
53% |
55% |
49% |
52% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 8 |
51% |
55% |
49% |
50% |
51% |
55% |
54% |
55% |
| Grade 9 |
52% |
50% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Grade 10 |
53% |
54% |
— |
— |
— |
— |
58% |
60% |
Source: Florida Department of Education
———————————————
