ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — More Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test scores were released Friday, and while the Florida Department of Education is calling the results "unacceptable," Orange County said its students did well.
For students across central Florida, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test scores for reading, math and science were released Friday.
The Florida Department of Education said that statewide the scores were flat compared to last year. But in Orange County some schools are happy with the results. The Orange County School District is celebrating what it's calling successful FCAT scores.
"I cannot begin to tell you how pleased we are with the work our principals, our teachers, our students and our families have done, because we received nothing less than astounding results," said Orange County School Board Chairman Bill Sublette.
Timber Creek High School is one of the schools in the district that improved, but scores for some schools dropped or stayed the same.
Superintendent Barbara Jenkins said the scoring system is deceiving because last year students started competing against a higher score scale. Which, she said, they have no complaints about.
"We think the bar needs to continue to be raised, so we can compete. But it's important for individuals to understand, so they don't think their school has somehow last ground," said Jenkins.
The biggest decrease seen across the state was in eighth-grade math.
The DOE said it plans to make dramatic moves to improve scores across the board.
FCAT scores help determine what grade a school is given. Students in 10th grade have to pass the reading portion of the exam in order to graduate.
MORE INFORMATION: FCAT Results
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