Newly released results of the 2008 Washington Assessment of Student Learning show some significant gains in reading and science for Anacortes students while scores in math and writing held steady.

“We have some huge successes that I’m thrilled about. We have done some really good work,” said Cindy Simonsen, district director of learning and instruction.

Some of those successes include an increase of nearly 10 percentage points in the number of Anacortes High School 10th-graders passing science and a jump of 22 percentage points in the number of Fidalgo Elementary School sixth-graders passing reading.

One worry is a huge drop in the number of Island View Elementary School fourth-graders passing math — the number decreased by a whopping 27 percentage points to just 35 percent passing.