51% Of FL 10th Graders Fail English Proficiency Exam

The Florida Phoenix reports:

In Florida’s public schools, the 10th grade statewide English Language Arts assessment has been a crucial exam — kids have to pass it to get a standard high school diploma. But the 2022 spring exam results show that fewer than half of Florida’s 10th graders passed the ELA exam, troubling because students will be getting closer to entering the workforce or going to college.

Overall, 49 percent of 10th graders got a passing score of at least 3 on the spring ELA exam. In total, 202,900 10th graders took the exam, according to data from the Florida Department of Education. The school district with the lowest percent of passing ELA scores in 2022 was Jefferson County, located in North Florida, with only 15 percent of 10th graders passing the exam.

Read the full article. A score of 4 or 5 is required to show “proficiency” in reading and writing. Of note, the above-cited Jefferson County, which is majority white, is locally famous for having no traffic signals.

Fewer than half of FL 10th graders passed a statewide English exam in spring 2022 https://t.co/6zFCwlP3r4 via @FLPhoenixNews

— The Florida Phoenix (@FLPhoenixNews) August 29, 2022

As Ron DeSantis bans math books for being too woke, classics for reminding us of our racist history & dictionaries to make sure they’re not indoctrinating kids into being literate, fewer than half of Florida 10th-graders passed the state English exam https://t.co/lequQpkx41

— Lesley Abravanel ? (@lesleyabravanel) August 31, 2022