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Carver/Century’s Elementary FCAT Results Low, But Show Large Improvement
June 11, 2008
Carver/Century K-8 School’s elementary Reading and Science FCAT results were not the worst in the county, according to numbers released Tuesday by the Florida Department of Education.
At Carver/Century Elementary, 35 percent of the fourth graders taking the Reading FCAT scored a 3.0 or above, a level that is considered to be on grade level by the state. That compares to 33 percent of Carver/Century fourth graders last year.
Of the Carver/Century fifth graders taking the Reading FCAT, 41 percent scored at grade level this year, compared to 29 percent last year.
“We improved more than any other school in fifth grade reading,” Principal Jeff Garthwaite said.
And on the Science FCAT, 22 percent of the fifth grade students at Carver/Century Elementary scored a 3.0 or above. That is up from 18 percent last year.
Of the 17 fourth graders taking the Reading FCAT at Carver/Century, none scored a 5.0 or greater, 12 percent scored a 4.0, 24 percent scored a 3.0, 12 percent scored a 2.0 and 53 percent scored a 1.0.
Of the 27 fifth graders taking the Reading FCAT at Carver/Century, four percent scored a 5.0 or greater, 15 percent scored a 4.0, 22 percent scored a 3.0, 11 percent scored a 2.0 and 48 percent scored a 1.0.
Of the 27 fifth graders taking the Science FCAT at Carver/Century, none scored a 5.0 or greater, four percent scored a 4.0, 19 percent scored a 3.0, 26 percent scored a 2.0 and 52 percent scored a 1.0.
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