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Press Release  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 29, 2013 Gadsden, Dixie and Jefferson County School Districts Achieve Amazing Results in Math on 2013 FCAT 2.0 Once again, Gadsden County third graders – for the 3rd year in a row – achieved remarkable results on the 2013 FCAT 2.0 Math. This year, despite continuing challenges in Reading (ranked 4th [...]

Despite more rigorous Math standards and challenges in Reading (ranked 3rd lowest in the state for 2011), Gadsden County third-graders achieved breakthrough results on 2011 FCAT 2.0 Math. Historically, Gadsden has performed among the lowest 4 counties in Florida in Math; however, on the 2011 FCAT 2.0 Math, Gadsden is ranked #8 in Florida with [...]

Title I School Achieves 100% Math Success Despite Odds Third-grade students at Twin Lakes Elementary in Hialeah know all about numbers. The Title I school is one of only 28 elementary schools (out of more than 2,000) in the state to achieve 100 percent on the third-grade mathematics portion of the 2010 Florida Comprehensive Assessment [...]

Volume xx, Number 30 . April 11,2001 American Education Newspaper of Record (Please click on continue reading to see the highlighted section.) April 11, 2001 From Worst to First:  By Karla Scoon Reid Two wide-eyed girls nervously rattle off the latest announcements on Fessenden Elementary School’s closed-circuit TV newscast. After detailing the all important lunch menu, [...]

St.Petersburgh Times Online By JEFFREY S. SOLOCHECK As a second-grader, Karley Bender hated to read.She couldn’t make out what the words said. They looked like nonsense. Trying to get through schoolwork, much less a book for fun, was unpleasant at best.”I used to have to fight her every time to read,” Karley’s mom, Renee, recalled. [...]