Fort Pierce, FL — The percentage of St. Lucie Public Schools fifth and eighth grade students who scored proficiency, or passing, scores on the science section of the 2013 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) 2.0 went up two percentage points this year compared to last, from 43% to 45%, according to results released today by the Florida Department of Education.
White City Elementary fifth grade students led the district in increased level of proficiency on this year’s FCAT 2.0 science test compared to last year with an increase of 25 percentage points. F. K. Sweet Elementary fifth grade students and Lincoln Park Academy eighth grade students led the district in proficiency on the new FCAT 2.0 science test, with 72% of students at both schools scoring at proficiency, followed by fifth grade students from Morningside, White City, and Fairlawn elementary schools, and St. Lucie West and WestGate K-8 schools, all with students scoring above 60% proficiency.
This year’s scores are the first reported on the new proficiency scale developed in September of 2012. The FDOE will release ‘retrofitted scores’ for science, designed to provide more accurate comparisons between students’ performance from 2012 to 2013.