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Results for Coweta County Schools on the Georgia
Criterion Reference Competency Test (CRCT) for grades 3 through
8 show that Coweta County schools improved student performance
in most grades and subjects in the last year, and outperformed
students throughout the state of Georgia, with higher
percentages of students Coweta students Meeting or Exceeding
state standards in all grades and subject areas.
The CRCT exam test students’ mastery of the state of Georgia’s
basic curriculum in the areas of reading, language arts, math,
science and social studies in grades 3 through 8. In all, the
2011 CRCT covered 30 grades and subject areas.
Overall 2011 scores released by the Georgia Department of
Education show Coweta County students Meeting or Exceeding the
standards at a higher rate than the state of Georgia as a whole
in all 30 areas.
The Coweta County School System also improved its own average
scores in 26 of the 30 areas tested, scoring the same in one
area, and decreasing slightly in 3 areas.
The Criterion Reference Competency Test is given to Georgia
students in the spring of each school year. The CRCT is designed
to measure how well students acquire the skills and knowledge
described in the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS).
The assessments yield information on academic achievement at the
student, class, school, system, and state levels. This
information is used to diagnose individual student strengths and
weaknesses as related to the instruction of the GPS, and to
gauge the quality of education throughout Georgia.
(See the
charts accompanying this story for Coweta County’s
overall 2011 CRCT scores, with comparisons to the county’s 2010
performance, and the state of Georgia’s overall 2011
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