STANFORD TEST SCORES IMPROVED IN
SECOND GRADERS' READING, MATH;
FIFTH-GRADERS' SCIENCE SCORES UP


August 6, 2001


Stanford Achievement Test scores improved in both reading comprehension and mathematics problem-solving for second-graders and in science for fifth-graders in Miami-Dade County's public schools.

Altogether, 58 percent of the district's schools showed gains in their reading median percentile scores; 49 percent showed gains in mathematics and 42 percent of the district's schools improved in their science median percentile scores.

The standardized national tests in reading and math were given to second-graders in March. Stanford science tests were given in April to students in grades five, seven and nine.

An analysis of the final results shows that the school district's 23,000 second-graders increased their scores by two median percentile points in reading comprehension and by three points in mathematics problem-solving. Fifth-graders' science scores improved by four points. Seventh and ninth-graders' scores were the same as last year's.

Superintendent of Schools Roger C. Cuevas said he was "delighted to see the steady improvement in achievement" by the district's students. "I am confident that our increased emphasis on reading and mathematics will result in continuing the upward trend in our students' scores on standardized tests," he said.

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