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2009GENERAL ACHIEVEMENT TRENDS — FLORIDA1
General Achievement Trends — Florida
K-12 enrollment — 2,606,337 
The raw data used to develop these state profiles, including data for additional grade levels and years before 2002, can befound on the CEP Web site at www.cep-dc.org. Click on the link on the left for No Child Left Behind. In the Document Library, look for the most recent report on student achievement since 2002. Below the name of the report, click on the link for View StateProfiles and Worksheets. Scroll down the page, and click on the Worksheet links for any state.
Overall Achievement — Key Findings
General results
The tables in this profile present state test results in reading and math at three achievement levels (basic, proficient, and advanced) and at onegrade each at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. These data are more complete than the percentage of students scoring proficientthat is the main indicator used to determine adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind Act.In general, Florida students made gains at the
basic, proficient,
and
advanced
levels, except for a slight decline at the basic level in high schoolreading.
Specific results
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Between 2002 and 2008, the percentage of students scoring at the
basic
level and above rose at a moderate-to-large rate in both readingand math at all grade levels analyzed, except for high school reading, which showed a slight decline.
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In reading, the percentage of students reaching or exceeding the
proficient
level increased at a moderate-to-large rate at the elementaryand middle grades analyzed and at a slight rate at the high school grade analyzed. In math, the percentage proficient showed moderate-to-large gains at all three grade levels analyzed.
•
The percentage of students reaching the
advanced
level went up at a moderate-to-large rate in both reading and math at all grade levelsanalyzed, except for middle school reading, where the gain was slight.
 
2009GENERAL ACHIEVEMENT TRENDS — FLORIDA2
Data Limitations
Years of comparable percentage proficient data1999 through 2008 for reading at grades 4, 8, and 10 and for math atgrades 5, 8, and 102001 through 2008 for all other grades in reading and mathYears of data needed to compute effect sizes2002 through 2008 for reading at grades 4, 8, and 10 and for math atgrade 82001 through 2008 for grade 4 math2004 through 2008 for grade 10 mathDisaggregated data for all subgroups and comparison groupsData needed to calculate achievement gaps in effect size wereavailable only for the Male, Female, White, African American, andLatino subgroups but not for other subgroups.Percentages proficient are not available for the comparison group of students who are
not 
English language learners, so the ELLsubgroup is compared with all students in the state.
Test Characteristics
The characteristics highlighted below are for the state reading and mathematics tests used for accountability under the No Child Left Behind Act(NCLB).Test(s) used for NCLB accountabilityFlorida Comprehensive Accountability Test (FCAT)High School Competency Test (HSCT)Florida WritesGrades tested for NCLB accountability3–10State labels for achievement levelsFL uses five achievement levels: Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4,and Level 5. For our analyses we treated Level 2 as Basic, Level 3as Proficient, and Level 4 + Level 5 as Advanced.High school NCLB test also used as an exit exam? YesFirst year test used1998 for reading at grades 4, 8, and 10 and for math at grades 5, 8,and 102001 for all other grades in reading and math
 
2009GENERAL ACHIEVEMENT TRENDS — FLORIDA3Time of test administrationSpringMajor changes in testing system (2002–present)None
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