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MIAMI-DADE’S STUDENTS OUTPERFORM IN MATHEMATICS, WRITING Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ (M-DCPS) students exhibited strong academic growth in mathematics and writing, according to information released today by the Florida Department of Education. M-DCPS third graders outperformed the State and other large counties in the percentage of students scoring in Levels 3 and above in Mathematics. More growth was seen for M-DCPS students at all grade levels tested in writing than for their counterparts statewide. “These excellent results once again demonstrate Miami-Dade’s upward trend of student achievement,” said Superintendent of Schools Alberto M. Carvalho. “The pattern reveals a legacy of learning that is taking place in our public schools, despite the challenges that our population of over 70,000 English language learners face. These solid gains are the result of continued hard work by teachers and administrators.” The District’s third grade students’ performance on FCAT 2.0 Mathematics increased over last year’s numbers. 62 percent of the District’s third graders scored high (Levels 3 and above in Mathematics), demonstrating a two percentage point increase over last year. 53 percent of these students scored high in Reading, maintaining last year’s strong scores. For the first time, M-DCPS fourth and tenth grade students’ writing performance on the School Grading criteria measures surpassed the State’s. Fifty-eight percent of all fourth grade students scored at 3.5 or above on FCAT 2.0 Writing, up 11 points from 2012 to 2013. Forty-nine percent of all eighth grade students scored at 3.5 or above on FCAT 2.0 Writing in 2013, demonstrating an increase from 2012. Sixty-six percent of all tenth grade students scored at 3.5 or above on FCAT 2.0 Writing in 2013, showing an increase of 7 points from 2012. M-DCPS’ fourth and tenth grade students had the greatest increases in both the percent scoring at 3.5 and 4.0 and above. Despite the disproportionate number of English Language Learners in the district, Miami-Dade’s third grade students nearly met the same levels of performance as neighboring districts in Reading.
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