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FCAT, national test show state's students struggle with science.

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| May 25, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Orlando Sentinel. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Dave Weber

May 25--Only half of Florida's eighth-graders had even basic science skills 10 years ago, and a new nationwide test indicates they have not improved.

Results of the Nation's Report Card on Science released Wednesday show that only 51 percent of the state's eighth-graders knew enough about science to meet minimum standards on the test given last year. That's the same percentage as in 1996, when Florida children at that grade level last took part in the national test.

Florida students also scored poorly on the state's own science tests, results of which also were released Wednesday.

In Jefferson County just east of Tallahassee, only 6 percent of eighth-graders met minimum standards on the exam, given as part of the annual…

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