Disappointing statewide math and social studies results in CRCT tests
According to the unofficial results, only 20 to 30 percent of Georgia's sixth- and seventh-graders passed the state social studies exam. In math, about 40 percent of eighth-graders could be held back because they failed the test.
The state will release official scores from the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests next month.
Parents whose children failed the math test will be notified by local schools. The state requires eighth-graders to pass the reading and math exams to move to high school.
Students who failed math exams — as well as those who might have failed reading — can retake the exam this summer. Schools will provide optional free classes to get them ready. Students who failed the social studies exam don't face any consequences under Georgia law.
State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox said test scores in both subjects dropped because students took harder tests to match the state's tougher and more rigorous curriculum.
CSD posted this pre-emptive statement by Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools
see last year's CRCT results for CSD in the continuation
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Here's how Decatur City Schools did in the 2007 CRCT tests, as reported by the AJC on 7/03/2007:
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