Some Carver/Century Middle FCAT Results Show Improvement

June 11, 2008

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Carver/Century K-8 School’s middle school 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, 57 percent of the sixth 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 26 percent of Carver/Century sixth graders last year.

“Our sixth graders had the highest increase in the county,” Principal Jeff Garthwaite said. “I am very proud of that.”

Of the Carver/Century seventh graders taking the Reading FCAT, 26 percent scored at grade level this year, compared to 22 percent last year.

Of the Carver/Century eighth graders taking the Reading FCAT, 18 percent scored at grade level this year, compared to 36 percent last year.

And on the Science FCAT, just 12 percent of the eighth grade students at Carver/Century Elementary scored a 3.0 or above. That is down from 29 percent last year.

Of the 23 sixth graders taking the Reading FCAT at Carver/Century, nine percent scored a 5.0 or greater, nine percent scored a 4.0, 39 percent scored a 3.0, 13 percent scored a 2.0 and 30 percent scored a 1.0.

Of the 34 seventh graders taking the Reading FCAT at Carver/Century, none scored a 4.0 or greater, 26 percent scored a 3.0, 59 percent scored a 2.0 and 15 percent scored a 1.0.

Of the 17 eighth graders taking the Reading FCAT at Carver/Century, none scored a 5.0 or greater, six percent scored a 4.0, 12 percent scored a 3.0, 18 percent scored a 2.0 and 65 percent scored a 1.0.

Of the 17 eighth graders taking the Science FCAT at Carver/Century, none scored greater than 4.0, 12 percent scored a 3.0, 35 percent scored a 2.0 and 15 percent scored a 1.0.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News