And for the first time ever, more than 60% of Florida students are performing at or above grade level in both English language arts and in mathematics. So this is a record for our state. So When we started this, 49% of students scored at or above grade level on end of year English language arts progress monitoring assessment. That number has now increased to 61% over these four years. You know, that means more than 150,000 additional students are now meeting or exceedingly exceeding expectations. (20:32–20:49)
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