ICYMI: Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Student Academic Performance Continues to Rise During the 3rd Year of Progress Monitoring

June 25, 2025

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Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Student Academic Performance Continues to Rise During the 3rd Year of Progress Monitoring

Tallahassee, Fla., – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that Florida students continue to show improvements year over year on Florida’s first-in-the-nation Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) progress monitoring assessments, and End-of-Course (EOC) and Science assessments.

“Florida insists that education be factual, student-focused, and parent empowered,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “Florida has led the nation in instituting progress monitoring assessments that allow for teachers and parents to provide real-time interventions that support the long-term success of their students, and our approach has paid off.”

“I am proud of our students and teachers for their hard work during the past school year,” said Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz, Jr. “Today’s results affirm that our first-in-the-nation statewide progress monitoring system is making a difference for our students. Under Governor DeSantis’ leadership, Florida will continue to provide the best opportunities for our students.”

“Florida is a national leader in education because we are not afraid to challenge the status quo, said Incoming Commissioner of Education Anastasios Kamoutsas. “Progress monitoring assessments are a prime example of how Florida has changed education for the better, and the scores are proof of our successful approach.”

For the past three years, Florida’s first-in-the-nation statewide progress monitoring system has been successfully administered. Through progress monitoring, teachers, students, and parents are provided real-time, immediate and actionable data at the beginning, middle, and end of the school year to drive student achievement.

Assessment Highlights

School Year Improvement

Grades 3-10 English Language Arts (ELA): Performance increased by 21 percentage points from the beginning of the school year (PM1) to the end of the school year (PM3), with 57% of students scoring on grade level or higher in PM3 compared to 36% in PM1.
Grades 3-8 Mathematics: Performance increased by 44 percentage points from PM1 to PM3, with 59% scoring on grade level or higher in PM3 compared to 15% in PM1.

Year-Over-Year Improvement

Grades 3-10 ELA: 57% of students in grades 3-10 scored on or above grade level on the end-of-year progress monitoring assessment (PM3) in ELA in 2025, an increase of 4 percentage points from 2024 and 8 percentage points from 2023.
Mathematics (PM3 and EOCs): 58% of students scored on or above grade level in Mathematics (PM3 and Mathematics End-of-Course (EOC) assessments) in 2025, an increase of 3 percentage points from 2024 and 7 percentage points from 2023.

End-of-Course Assessments and Science

In Algebra 1, 57% of students statewide scored at or above grade level, an increase of 4 percentage points from 2024 and 7 percentage points from 2023.
In Geometry, 54% of students scored at or above grade level, an increase of 2 percentage points from 2024 and 8 percentage points from 2023.
In 5^th Grade Science, 55% of students scored on or above grade level, an increase of 2 percentage points from 2024.
In 8^th Grade Science (including 8^th Grade students who took the Biology 1 EOC), 53% of students scored on or above grade level, an increase of 4 percentage points from 2024.
In Biology 1, 70% of students scored at or above grade level, an increase of 4 percentage points from 2024.
In Civics, 70% of students scored at or above grade level, an increase of 3 percentage points from 2024.
In U.S. History, 70% of students scored at or above grade level, an increase of 3 percentage points from 2024.

Student Subgroup Success

Students with disabilities increased performance by 4 percentage points (25% to 29%) in Grades 3-10 ELA compared to 2024.
Students from economically disadvantaged families increased performance by 3 percentage points (44% to 47%) in Grades 3-10 ELA compared to 2024.
African American students increased performance at Level 3 or above in Grades 3-10 ELA compared to 2024 by 5 percentage points (40% to 45%).
Hispanic students increased performance at Level 3 or above in Mathematics (Grades 3-8 and EOCs) compared to 2024 by 4 percentage points (51% to 55%).
Students from economically disadvantaged families increased performance by 4 percentage points (59% to 63%) on the U.S. History EOC compared to 2024.

For more information about the 2024-25 assessments, available here.