QuoteFewer First Coast third-graders will face grade retention or summer school this year, based on just released state test results.
Across the state, the percentage of third-grade students who passed the English Language Arts statewide assessment earlier this spring stepped up 1 percentage point over last year, from 53 percent passing to 54 percent.
But in Northeast Florida, most districts did better than that.
Duval County schools increased its passing rate by 4 percentage points to 50 percent of its third-graders reading on grade level. The district still ranked lowest among the seven largest districts in Florida, even with the greatest improvement.
"It is ... encouraging to know that our improvement exceeded the state average and each of the Big Seven districts," said Nikolai Vitti, superintendent. "Although we have work to do with our ranking among the Big Seven, we certainly narrowed the gap between ourselves, the state, and the Big Seven."
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