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2002-2003	Elementary Schools	Middle Schools	High Schools	Combination Schools

State and District FCAT Scores for All Curriculum Groups

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The table below outlines the percent of students in the district on grade level and above (proficient or advanced) in reading, mathematics, and writing in 2001, 2002, 2003. Students that score in FCAT Achievement Levels 3, 4, and 5 or have an FCAT writing score of 3 or above are considered on grade level and above. Proficiency on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test is based on Florida's curriculum frameworks, the Sunshine State Standards.

District Percent Scoring Three and Above
Grade Level	Reading			Math			Writing
	2001	2002	2003	2001	2002	2003	2001	2002	2003
3		70	75		72	76
4	64	67	71		64	65	87.0	88.0	89.0
5		65	69	57	61	62
6		60	62		52	55
7		60	58		59	58
8	57	55	57	68	67	66	92.0	94.0	92.0
9		39	39		62	63
10	50	46	41	70	71	69	91.0	92.0	86.0

The table below identifies the district mean Scale Scores in reading and mathematics and the Combined Mean Writing Scores for 2001, 2002, and 2003. The Scale Score is a score used to report test results on the entire test. Scale Scores on the FCAT Sunshine State Standards tests are 100 through 500 for each grade level and content area. A computer program is used to analyze student responses and to compute the Scale Score.

District Mean Score
Grade Level	Reading Scores			Math Scores			Writing Scores
	2001	2002	2003	2001	2002	2003	2001	2002	2003
3	310	310	319	314	324	329
4	315	317	320	309	312	314	3.6	3.6	3.8
5	299	303	307	328	335	334
6	309	304	307	305	312	315
7	309	312	309	310	312	311
8	316	309	312	327	323	323	3.9	4.0	3.9
9	304	304	304	308	308	309
10	322	317	311	336	333	331	4.0	4.0	3.7

The table below identifies the district Developmental Scale Score (DSS) in reading and mathematics for 2002 and 2003 and the change in that score since last year. The DSS is a type of scale score used to determine a student’s annual progress from grade to grade. The FCAT Developmental Scales for reading and mathematics ranges from 86 through 3008 across grades 3 through 10.

District Mean Developmental Scale Score (DSS)
Grade	Reading Scores				Math Scores
Grade Level	% of Students Matched to 2002	Mean DSS (Matched Students 2003)	Mean DSS (Matched Students 2002)	Mean DSS Change for Matched Students	% of Students Matched to 2002	Mean DSS (Matched Students 2003)	Mean DSS (Matched Students 2002)	Mean DSS Change for Matched Students
4	87	1598	1376	222	87	1530	1421	109
5	88	1646	1571	74	88	1687	1517	170
6	88	1703	1624	79	88	1712	1687	26
7	87	1780	1684	96	88	1821	1695	126
8	88	1914	1795	119	87	1923	1832	91
9	82	1893	1893	0	82	1960	1917	42
10	87	2008	1913	95	88	2031	1973	58

The tables below provide a district summary of students tested, mean Scale Scores, mean Developmental Scale Scores, and the percentage of students scoring in each achievement level in each grade for 2001, 2002, and 2003. Reading and mathematics are assessed in grades 3 through 10. There are five categories of achievement that describe the success students have with the content tested on the FCAT reading and mathematics. Level 5 is the highest, and level 1 is the lowest. Levels 3 and above are considered on or above grade level. Writing is assessed in grades 4, 8 and 10. Writing Combined Mean Scores are derived from mean scores for each type of writing prompt. There are two types of prompts depending on grade. Grade 4 writes either an on-demand expository or narrative essay, whereas Grades 8 and 10 respond to an expository or persuasive writing prompt. The Writing Combined Mean is the average score for both types of writing.

District Summary of Students Tested

Grade 3
Reading Scores
				Percentage of Students by Achievement Level
Year	Students Tested	Scale Score	Mean DSS	1	2	3	4	5	Level 3 & above
2001	2718	310
2002	2798	310	1363	19	11	32	30	8	70
2003	2865	319	1415	14	10	31	35	9	75
Math Scores
				Percentage of Students by Achievement Level
Year	Students Tested	Scale Score	Mean DSS	1	2	3	4	5	Level 3 & above
2001	2715	314
2002	2799	324	1411	12	15	35	28	9	72
2003	2872	329	1434	11	13	33	31	12	76

Grade 4
Reading Scores
				Percentage of Students by Achievement Level
Year	Students Tested	Scale Score	Mean DSS	1	2	3	4	5	Level 3 & above
2001	2765	315		21	15	30	25	9	64
2002	2841	317	1564	20	14	29	29	9	67
2003	2957	320	1585	16	13	31	30	10	71
Math Scores
				Percentage of Students by Achievement Level
Year	Students Tested	Scale Score	Mean DSS	1	2	3	4	5	Level 3 & above
2001	2762	309
2002	2831	312	1510	15	20	36	22	6	64
2003	2964	314	1515	15	20	36	22	7	65
Writing Scores
Year	Students Tested	Mean Combined
2001	2734	3.6
2002	2834	3.6
2003	2922	3.8

Grade 5
Reading Scores
				Percentage of Students by Achievement Level
Year	Students Tested	Scale Score	Mean DSS	1	2	3	4	5	Level 3 & above
2001	2923	299
2002	2890	303	1613	19	17	30	27	8	65
2003	2981	307	1633	16	15	34	28	7	69
Math Scores
				Percentage of Students by Achievement Level
Year	Students Tested	Scale Score	Mean DSS	1	2	3	4	5	Level 3 & above
2001	2918	328		18	25	24	25	8	57
2002	2905	335	1678	16	23	25	25	11	61
2003	2978	334	1673	16	23	25	27	10	62

Grade 6
Reading Scores
				Percentage of Students by Achievement Level
Year	Students Tested	Scale Score	Mean DSS	1	2	3	4	5	Level 3 & above
2001	2637	309
2002	2955	304	1672	24	16	30	23	7	60
2003	2898	307	1686	24	14	29	24	9	62
Math Scores
				Percentage of Students by Achievement Level
Year	Students Tested	Scale Score	Mean DSS	1	2	3	4	5	Level 3 & above
2001	2630	305
2002	2961	312	1682	28	20	26	17	9	52
2003	2893	315	1697	24	21	29	16	10	55

Grade 7
Reading Scores
				Percentage of Students by Achievement Level
Year	Students Tested	Scale Score	Mean DSS	1	2	3	4	5	Level 3 & above
2001	2622	309
2002	2736	312	1780	20	20	31	21	8	60
2003	3027	309	1767	22	19	30	19	9	58
Math Scores
				Percentage of Students by Achievement Level
Year	Students Tested	Scale Score	Mean DSS	1	2	3	4	5	Level 3 & above
2001	2619	310
2002	2730	312	1815	21	20	29	19	11	59
2003	3024	311	1809	23	19	28	19	11	58

Grade 8
Reading Scores
				Percentage of Students by Achievement Level
Year	Students Tested	Scale Score	Mean DSS	1	2	3	4	5	Level 3 & above
2001	2532	316		18	24	31	19	7	57
2002	2730	309	1882	21	24	32	18	5	55
2003	2806	312	1894	19	23	33	21	3	57
Math Scores
				Percentage of Students by Achievement Level
Year	Students Tested	Scale Score	Mean DSS	1	2	3	4	5	Level 3 & above
2001	2535	327		14	18	34	17	17	68
2002	2729	323	1905	15	19	34	19	14	67
2003	2818	323	1906	14	20	35	17	14	66
Writing Scores
Year	Students Tested	Mean Combined
2001	2531	3.9
2002	2730	4.0
2003	2791	3.9

Grade 9
Reading Scores
				Percentage of Students by Achievement Level
Year	Students Tested	Scale Score	Mean DSS	1	2	3	4	5	Level 3 & above
2001	2756	304
2002	2981	304	1878	33	28	21	10	8	39
2003	3025	304	1880	35	26	20	11	8	39
Math Scores
				Percentage of Students by Achievement Level
Year	Students Tested	Scale Score	Mean DSS	1	2	3	4	5	Level 3 & above
2001	2727	308
2002	2970	308	1946	15	22	29	22	11	62
2003	3027	309	1947	14	22	30	23	10	63

Grade 10
Reading Scores
				Percentage of Students by Achievement Level
Year	Students Tested	Scale Score	Mean DSS	1	2	3	4	5	Level 3 & above
2001	2271	322		21	28	25	11	14	50
2002	2397	317	2019	22	32	25	10	11	46
2003	2759	311	1985	27	31	22	9	10	41
Math Scores
				Percentage of Students by Achievement Level
Year	Students Tested	Scale Score	Mean DSS	1	2	3	4	5	Level 3 & above
2001	2312	336		12	18	23	30	17	70
2002	2409	333	2026	12	17	23	34	14	71
2003	2655	331	2017	13	17	24	32	13	69
Writing Scores
Year	Students Tested	Mean Combined
2001	2300	4.0
2002	2556	4.0
2003	2743	3.7

 

Year 2002	Reading							Math
	Number	Mean	Percent in Each					Number	Mean	Percent in Each
State Totals	of	Scale	Achievement Level					of	Scale	Achievement Level
Sarasota District	Students	Score	1	2	3