FCAT: Santa Rosa schools ranks high, again

The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test scores were released June 6 and Santa Rosa County schools ranked in the top 10 in reading, mathematics, and science for mean scale scores. More than half of those scores were in the top five.

Mean scale scores are the average scores used to report test results on the entire test.

Bill Emerson, assistant superintendent of curriculum, instruction and assessment for the Santa Rosa County School District said in an email that hard work was put into keeping FCAT scores near the top.

“Santa Rosa County is proud to announce a very successful FCAT testing year. Santa Rosa County's students, teachers, and administrators worked very hard to keep our FCAT scores at or near the top in the state in every category,” said Emerson.

Another piece of good news for the county this year is the faster release of the test scores. Last year, the company responsible for administering the test, NCS Pearson, had difficulties meshing their databases with the county databases.

Results were not released until the end of June, making the effort to schedule the next school year a much faster process than normal. The earlier release of test scores will give the school district more time to plan for next school year.

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