FCAT Scores Prompt Manatee School District to Implement Changes
Scores this year were disappointing and the district is searching for ways to improve student performance.
Manatee School District leaders are implementing sweeping changes in curriculum and instruction after a lackluster performance on the FCATS this year. The Superintendent of Schools highlighted the changed this week after particularly disappointing FCAT 2.0 results for Reading and Math for students in grades 4 through 8, and in Science for grades 5 and 8. The results released this week showed the Manatee District trailed the state in terms of the percentage of students considered proficient. FCAT scores are grouped in five different achievement levels – from a low of Level 1 to a high of Level 5. Students scoring Level 3 or higher are considered to be proficient, according to Sunshine State Standards. “We anticipated our proficiency levels …
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12:44 pm on Thursday, June 7, 2012
Gagnon " These scores did not surprise anyone.....blah...blah....We acknowledge these disappointments so we can celebrate gains in the future." Who's " WE " Gagnon???? Certainly not the children who are the mice in your experiment...huh. What's next shorter days? A different ciriculum ?? What are you going to blame it on this time instead of looking inward ( this is for the entire school board… more ›