Officials released the results Friday of the Florida State Assessments and end-of-course assessments, showing that Central Florida students are improving in math, English, science, civics and history.
[READ: Full results at State Assessment Results.
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A lot of the increased results come in math courses. Brevard County students younger than high school improved 8 percentage points in the Algebra I tests and 87 percent scored Level 3 or higher.
In Lake County, students younger than high school improved 9 percentage points in Algebra I, with 85 percent scored Level 3 or higher.
In Osceola County, students improved 10 percentage points in geometry.
According to a Florida Department of Education news release, highlights from Central Florida include:
Brevard County
- Improved 8 percentage points for students younger than high school age in algebra 1, with 87 percent scoring Level 3 or higher.
- Increased 1 percentage point in algebra 2 and civics.
- Moved up 1 percentage point in grades 6-8 mathematics combined (Florida Standards Assessment and end-of-course assessments).
Flagler County
- Moved up 7 percentage points in algebra 2, with 54 percent of students scoring Level 3 or higher.
- Improved 5 percentage points in geometry, with 62 percent of students scoring Level 3 or higher.
- Increased 1 percentage point in grades 9-10 English language arts, civics, and grade 8 science combined (Florida Standards Assessment and biology 1 end-of-course assessment).
Lake County
- Improved 9 percentage points for students younger than high school age scoring Level 3 or higher in Algebra 1, with 85 percent meeting that benchmark.
- Increased eight percentage points in Algebra 2.
- Improved three percentage points in Grades 3-5 Mathematics combined (Florida Standards Assessment and End-of-Course assessments), and two percentage points in Civics.
Orange County
- Improved 3 percentage points for students younger than high school age in Algebra 1, with 82 percent scoring Level 3 or higher.
- Moved up 2 percentage points in civics.
- Increased 1 percentage point in grades 6-8 English language arts.
Osceola County
- Improved 10 percentage points in geometry.
- Increased 6 percentage points in biology 1, with 69 percent scoring Level 3 or higher.
- Moved up 2 percentage points in both Algebra 2 and U.S. History,
Seminole County
- Increased 5 percentage points for students younger than high school age in algebra 1, with 90 percent scoring Level 3 or higher.
- Moved up 2 percentage points in both algebra 2 and Grade 8 science combined (Florida Standards Assessment and biology 1 end-of -course assessment).
- Improved 1 percentage point in civics and U.S. History.
Sumter County
- Improved 15 percentage points in algebra 2, with 47 percent of students scoring Level 3 or higher.
- Increased 4 percentage points in civics and 3 percentage points in Grades 3-5 mathematics combined (Florida Standards Assessment and End-of-Course assessments).
- Moved up 2 percentage points in Grades 3-5 English language arts and students younger than high school age scoring Level 3 or higher in algebra 1.
Volusia County
- Improved 4 percentage points for students younger than high school age in algebra 1, with 94 percent scoring Level 3 or higher.
- Increased 4 percentage points in civics.
- Improved 3 percentage points in geometry.