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Florida Math and Science Scores Up
By BILL KACZOR-- Associated Press Writer TALLAHASSEE, FL (AP) -- Standardized reading, math and science test scores are up again nearly across the board this year, state education officials said Tuesday, but they are worried the upward trend is leveling off for reading in the early grades.
"We as a state need to move to the next steps, the next generation of focus on reading achievement and academic excellence," Smith said.
That includes a greater focus on pre-kindergarten through third-grade literacy and increased standards and expectations, he said. The FCAT reading and math tests are given in each grade from third through 10th. The science portion is taken only in the fifth, eighth, 10th and 11th grades. Smith said the drop in fifth-grade reading from 72 percent at or above grade level to 67 percent in one year appears to be unrelated to FCAT problems in 2006.