claim: says a recent study shows florida students are second in the world in fourth grade reading, behind singapore.
author: rick scott
evidence_1: mar 22, 2018 ... every year in singapore 1% of pupils in the third year of primary school ... new  research suggests new ways to nurture gifted children ... the second is an  increasing focus on fostering the attitudes and .... in miami-dade 6.9% of black  pupils are in the gifted programme, versus 2.4% and 3.6% in florida as ...
evidence_2: apr 17, 2018 ... 18, 2013 file photo, shelly ellis teaches fourth-grade students in a ... about 40  percent of 4th graders were found to be proficient in reading and ... of education  betsy devos said the latest study shows that much can be ... devos praised the  state of florida for being “one bright spot” in the latest report card.
evidence_3: dec 11, 2012 ... american fourth-graders are performing better than they were four years ago in  math and reading, but students four years older show no such progress, a global  study ... singapore takes second place to south korea in eighth-grade math, ...  the power that comes through reading," said former florida gov.
evidence_4: countless research reports, often on a moment's notice. .... results are not shown  for students whose race/ethnicity was unclassified. ... percent of 4th graders  scoring below proficient and below basic .... degrees, an attainment rate second  only to ... new hampshire. 210 new mexico. 210 new york. 209 florida. 209  nevada.
evidence_5: sep 30, 2010 ... further reading ... students learning singapore math, like these fourth graders at  quaker ... fifth grades, putting children as much as a year ahead of students in  other ... some recent research suggests that students who are taught ... from  singapore math than i ever did in high school or college,” he said.