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In 4th Year Of Testing, Florida Kindergartners Do Their Best

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The Associated Press

Published: December 22, 2008

Updated: 12/22/2008 01:10 pm

TALLAHASSEE - Florida kindergarten pupils have turned in the best overall results yet on screening tests in the four years since they began.

Florida kindergarten pupils have turned in the best overall results yet on screening tests in the four years since they began.

The kindergartners improved this year on two of three tests and dropped only a fraction of a percentage point on the third, state education officials said tonday.

On alphabet recognition, 76.6 percent were deemed above average and low risk, almost 5 percentage points better than in 2007.

Nearly 73 percent of Hillsborough County's kindergartners scored above average, an increase of about 9 percentage points.

The statewide rate was 67.9 percent for sound recognition, up more than 3 percentage points. In Hillsborough County, the rate was 66.1, up about 2 percentage points.

On classroom readiness statewide, 47.6 percent demonstrated grade level learning development, down four-tenths of a percentage point.

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