Thinking out of the box. (Putnam County (Fla.) School District).

Thinking out of the box. (Putnam County (Fla.) School District). No more Ds or even that pesky F. Efforts to meet goals set forth in No Child Left Behind are showing results in Putnam County Putnam County is the name of 9 counties in the United States of America, many of which are named for Israel Putnam, who was a hero in the French and Indian War and a general in the American Revolutionary War: Putnam County, Florida (Named for Benjamin A. (Fla.) School District. Every one of the 19 schools earned an A, B or C under the state's school grading system. Not bad after three schools had Ds and one school had Ds and an F since 1999 under the A+ Plan for Education. School grades are determined by measuring student achievement, learning gains, and improvement of the lowest-performing students according to according toprep.1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.2. In keeping with: according to instructions.3. the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, or the FCAT, is the standardized test used in the primary and secondary public schools of Florida. First administered statewide in 1998[1], it replaced the State Student Assessment Test (SSAT) and the High School . "The bottom line is that we're having to really dig deeper and think out of the box in ways we can personally identify each student and not treat them as just a number on a sheet," says Superintendent David Buckles This article is about the comic strip. For the fastener, see BuckleBuckles is a comic strip by David Gilbert about the misadventures of a na?ve dog. Buckles debuted on March 25, 1996. . In line with No Child's requirement to boost low achievement and ensure children are proficient pro��fi��cient?adj.Having or marked by an advanced degree of competence, as in an art, vocation, profession, or branch of learning.n.An expert; an adept. in various subjects, the district started summer school this year to improve reading skills. Third-graders who scored in the lowest 25 percent of the FCAT FCAT Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (statewide standardized test for Florida school children)in reading and second-graders who scored in the lowest 25 percent of SAT 9 test in reading, or 244 students, attended one of five sites in the community, such as local libraries or churches, over four weeks, three hours a day, four days a week. Phase II of the project involved only the third-graders and they attended an additional three weeks, three hours a day, four days a week of summer school focused on reading. And for the first time this past year, the district started using a software program, called FCAT-STAR, that tracks how students performed on the test. It helps teachers hone in on a student's weak and strong spots, says Grace Smith, director of career, technical, adult education, and media for the district. And for high school seniors who failed the FCAT and did not receive their diplomas in June, they attended a three-week summer program to focus on their weak skills. If they still failed the FCAT, they are transferred to an adult education program in the fall to work on skills. They can then retake re��take?tr.v. re��took , re��tak��en , re��tak��ing, re��takes1. To take back or again.2. To recapture.3. To photograph, film, or record again.n.1. the FCAT and still earn a standard diploma, Smith says.