By WENDI ZONGKER

wendi.zongker@mynassausun.com

The number of Nassau County seniors required to retake the math portion of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test has risen for the third year in a row, according to results released this week.

The 39 seniors required to retake the test this year is up from 26 last year and 16 in 2006.

Of those, 38 percent passed this year — the same percentage who passed in 2006. Only 31 percent passed last year.

Nassau’s seniors appear to be doing better retaking the reading portion of the test.

Seniors required to retake the reading test has increased and decreased over the years — from 72 in 2006, to 89 last year, down to 82 this year — but, the percentage of students passing has consistently increased.

Twenty-one percent passed this year, up from 18 percent in 2007 and 15 percent in 2006.

More on this story in Saturday's My Nassau Sun