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District Releases 2018-19 Promotion/Retention Report

SARASOTA COUNTY, November 13, 2019 – Each year, students are either promoted to the next grade level or retained depending on their Florida Standards Assessments (FSA) score and overall academic performance. Out of the 26,335 students tested last school year, over 17,000 received a score of a 3 or higher on their FSA Reading exam. Strategies have already been implemented this school year to assist students that did not receive a satisfactory passing grade.

The following is a report on how students performed comprehensively throughout Sarasota County. Per Florida statute, school districts are required to report on the following:

State reading achievement levels for students in grades 3-10
The number and percentage of students retained in grades 3-10
The number of and reasons for good-cause promotions

FSA Reading Levels

Grade

# of Students Tested

% of Students at each Achievement Level

		1	2	3	4	5
03	3216	10.14%	19.37%	28.79%	28.54%	13.15%
04	3142	13.18%	19.73%	28.58%	23.23%	15.28%
05	3327	11.81%	20.50%	28.64%	26.33%	12.71%
06	3392	13.89%	22.61%	24.29%	25.80%	13.41%
07	3396	15.87%	19.76%	23.03%	23.62%	17.73%
08	3268	14.17%	20.10%	25.80%	22.18%	17.75%
09	3384	15.75%	20.01%	19.36%	27.10%	17.79%
10	3210	15.42%	21.40%	21.65%	26.88%	14.64%

Grade

# of Students Tested

Count of Students at each Achievement Level

		1	2	3	4	5
03	3216	326	623	926	918	423
04	3142	414	620	898	730	480
05	3327	393	682	953	876	423
06	3392	471	767	824	875	455
07	3396	539	671	782	802	602
08	3268	463	657	843	725	580
09	3384	533	677	655	917	602
10	3210	495	687	695	863	470

Promotion/Retention Report

Grade	Number Promoted	Percent Promoted	Number Promoted for Good Cause*	Percent Promoted for Good Cause*	Number Retained	Percent Retained
KG	2781	96.83%	N/A	N/A	91	3.17%
01	2995	96.36%	N/A	N/A	113	3.64%
02	3102	98.60%	N/A	N/A	44	1.40%
03	2885	88.52%	192	5.89%	182	5.58%
04	3203	99.84%	N/A	N/A	5	0.16%
05	3381	99.82%	N/A	N/A	6	0.18%
06	3458	99.83%	N/A	N/A	6	0.17%
07	3453	99.42%	N/A	N/A	20	0.58%
08	3333	99.29%	N/A	N/A	24	0.71%
09	3350	95.41%	N/A	N/A	161	4.59%
10	3181	94.64%	N/A	N/A	180	5.36%

*Promotion for Good Cause

Third grade students who otherwise would be retained may be promoted for good cause for any of the reasons described below.

Reasons for Good-Cause Promotion	Number	Percentage
Limited English Proficient students who have had less than 2 years of instruction in an English for Speakers of Other Language program based on the initial date of entry into a school in the United States.	33	17.19%
Students with disabilities for whose individual education plan indicates that participation in the statewide assessment program is not appropriate, consistent with the requirements of Section 1008.212 F.S.	28	14.58%
Students who demonstrate an acceptable level of performance on an alternative standardized reading or English Language Arts assessment approved by the State Board of Education.	44	22.92%
A student who demonstrates through a student portfolio that he or she is performing at a Level 2 or higher on the statewide, standardized English Language Arts assessment.	1	0.52%
Students with disabilities who participate in the statewide, standardized English Language Arts assessment and who have an individual education plan or a Section 504 plan that reflects the student has received intensive instruction in reading or English Language Arts, for more than 2 years but still demonstrates a deficiency and was previously retained in kindergarten, grade 1, grade 2 or grade 3.	55	28.65%
Students who have received intensive reading intervention for 2 or more years but still demonstrate a deficiency in reading and who were previously retained in kindergarten, grade 1, grade 2, or grade 3 for a total of 2 years. A student may not be retained more than once in grade 3. [Section 1008.25(6)(b)6. F.S.]	31	16.15%
TOTAL	192	100%

The Florida statutes on student progression —Title XLVIII, Chapter 1008.25— are available online. The Sarasota County School District’s policies on promotion and retention and student progression are available at www.sarasotacountyschools.net. Copies of both documents can be obtained by calling 941-927-4009.