Florida students stumble on essay, improve on grammar

Florida students stumbled this year when quizzed about spelling, punctuation and sentence structure, but their essay writing improved, according to 2007 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test scores released Wednesday. More than half the eighth- and 10th-graders scored below grade level on the new Writing+ test, results show. Fourth-graders did better, with 40 percent below grade level. Read more about these test results in this article from the Orlando Sentinel.