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Pinellas Students Fall Behind Peers in Latest FCAT Results
Scores are in for fourth through 10th grades. Tests were given in reading, math and science. Use this search engine to look up your child's school.
Pinellas County students fell behind their peers across Florida in reading, math and science, according to FCAT results released Friday by the Department of Education.
Overall, Pinellas County students were below the state average in all but two grades on the reading, math and science portions of the FCAT for the 2012-2013 school year, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
To find out how your local school performed in the FCAT, use this Department of Education search engine. Just choose the county, grade and tests. Then click on the individual school to see the results.
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FCAT results were released in:
- Reading, grades four to 10,
- Math, grades four to eight,
- Science, grades five and eight.
Across Pinellas County, sixth, eighth and 10th-graders had higher reading scores in 2012-13 than they did a year ago. Fourth-graders performed at the same level.
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Overall, fourth and seventh-graders in Pinellas performed slightly better over last school year in math. Sixth- and eighth-graders performed the same.
Results for the end-of-course exams also were released. Officials noted that the biggest improvements statewide were with the end-of-course exams for biology and geometry.
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