More sad news for Jefferson County, the only school district in Florida to be privatized.
Only 19% of its third graders passed the state's reading test this year — by far the worst in the state.
Last year it was 28%, also the worst.
Lawrence Mower
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- Replying to @lmower3Statewide, the average pass rate was 53%. These tests are important because they're used as a marker for possibly repeating the grade.
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- Replying to @lmower3Jefferson has been under private charter school control since 2017. The county resumes control July 1 this year. Here's how third graders have done before/after: '15: 37% '16: 30% '17: 41% '18: 36% '19: 45% '20: N/A '21: 28% '22: 19%
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