Florida Department of Corrections
Michael D. Crews, Secretary

Median Grade Level Achieved
by Inmates Tested Was 7.3
(As of June 30, 2002)

Periodically inmates are tested to determine their educational grade level in the form of a school grade level. The table below shows the grade levels for the most recent TABE scores of the inmate prison population on June 30, 2002, which is the last day of the fiscal year. Inmates with unavailable data were not included in the analysis.

• Of all scores analyzed, the median test score (half the scores were above and half were below this score) was 7.3, compared with 6.4 for inmates who were admitted to prison in FY 2001-02.
  
  
• The tested grade level achieved most often (13.1%) was the twelfth grade, compared to a tested grade level of fifth grade (13.5%) for inmates admitted in FY 2001-02.
  
  
• The table below groups the grade levels of the June 30, 2002 prison population into three different categories: basic literacy, functional literacy, or GED Prep. Again, inmates with unavailable data were not included in the analysis.
  
  
• Six of every ten inmates who were tested on June 30, 2002 (62.4%) had not achieved GED Prep literacy skills (scored less than the ninth grade level).
  
  
• Over thirty-seven percent (37.6%) had GED Prep literacy skills (ninth grade literacy skills or better).

Tested Education Grade Level (MOST RECENT TESTS OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION [TABE] SCORES AS OF JUNE 30, 2002)
Grade Level	Males	Females	Total	Percent	Cumulative Percent
1	1,426	62	1,488	2.2%	2.2%
2	4,524	275	4,799	7.1%	9.3%
3	5,365	397	5,762	8.5%	17.8%
4	4,809	322	5,131	7.6%	25.3%
5	7,207	509	7,716	11.4%	36.7%
6	6,883	491	7,374	10.9%	47.6%
7	4,639	309	4,948	7.3%	54.9%
8	4,811	274	5,085	7.5%	62.4%
9	7,173	477	7,650	11.3%	73.7%
10	3,746	233	3,979	5.9%	79.5%
11	4,652	316	4,968	7.3%	86.9%
12	8,375	543	8,918	13.1%	100.0%
Data Unavailable	5,554	181	5,735
Total	69,164	4,389	73,553	100.0%	100.0%
Median	7.3	7.2	7.3

Tested Literacy Skill Levels (MOST RECENT TESTS OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION [TABE] SCORES AS OF JUNE 30, 2002)
Literacy Skill Level	White Males	White Females	Black Males	Black Females	Other Males	Other Females	Total	Percent	Cumulative Percent
Beginning/Basic Literacy (1.0 - 4.9)	3,904	212	11,769	774	451	70	17,180	25.3%	25.3%
Functional Literacy (5.0 - 8.9)	8,524	654	14,555	849	461	80	25,123	37.0%	62.4%
GED Prep (9.0 - 12.9)	14,969	1,070	8,531	416	446	83	25,515	37.6%	100.0%
Data Unavailable	2,986	65	2,266	79	302	37	5,735
TOTAL	30,383	2,001	37,121	2,118	1,660	270	73,553	100.0%	100.0%
Median	9.4	9.5	6.1	5.8	6.4	6.4	7.3