{"id":1101,"date":"2009-08-04T13:40:27","date_gmt":"2009-08-04T17:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1101"},"modified":"2009-08-04T13:40:27","modified_gmt":"2009-08-04T17:40:27","slug":"shocking-fact-about-science-fcat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1101","title":{"rendered":"Shocking fact about science FCAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The folks over at <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.tampabay.com\/schools\/2009\/08\/are-florida-minority-students-scoring-high-enough-in-math-science.html\">The Gradebook <\/a>education news blog analyzed statewide test scores and came up with an ugly little fact concerning the science FCAT:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Meanwhile, not a single black student in the entire state scored a Level 5 on the science FCAT, at any grade level. Let us repeat that: <em>Not one. In the entire state. On any grade level.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Discuss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks over at The Gradebook education news blog analyzed statewide test scores and came up with an ugly little fact concerning the science FCAT: Meanwhile, not a single black student in the entire state scored a Level 5 on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1101\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-hL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1049,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1049","url_meta":{"origin":1101,"position":0},"title":"2009 Science FCAT","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"May 28, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Science FCAT scores are out. The bottom line: fifth and eighth graders had gains, but they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re small; whereas 11th-graders dropped a bit. Fifth graders have been slowly making gains over the years, which is, of course, what everyone wants to see. According to this sheet (pdf), they went from 43%\u2026","rel":"","context":"With 4 comments","block_context":{"text":"With 4 comments","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1049#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2309,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2309","url_meta":{"origin":1101,"position":1},"title":"Statewide science scores &#8230; anyone out there actually care?","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"June 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Another year, another dismal performance on statewide science assessments here in Florida. Depending on grade level, students either took the science FCAT or Biology End of Course exam. 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