The county beat the state average at all grade levels and in all subjects except fifth-grade math.
Writing holds steady.
Overall scores are up in the bay area. You will need the free Acrobat Reader from Adobe for viewing PDF files. Pinellas tied three other districts for best in the state in 10th-grade writing, though the county's average was the same score as last year. The county performed better than the state average at all grade levels and in all subjects except fifth-grade math, which is the only area where the district's scores dropped. The release of Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test scores in reading, writing and math on Tuesday gave educators a test of their own that involved deciphering data, comparing 2000 and 2001 numbers and trying to predict how the results might translate into the state's A through F school accountability grades.