Reading scores

Despite a decade of education reform, tens of thousands of Florida's high school students don't read well enough to survive in the work force.
•This year's Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test results revealed just 38 percent of 10th graders are proficient in reading.•About one fourth of Hillsborough County high school students—12,088—were placed in remedial reading classes in 2007-08.•Nearly 35% of students who entered Florida's community colleges in 2006 were required to take remedial reading.•College entrance exam reading scores are not improving. SAT scores remain basically flat in Florida and ACT reading scores in Florida dropped four points in 2007, nine points below the national average.
Now, after years of focusing on young readers, educators are turning their attention to high school students who need help.