CRCT Results for Local Students Released

Barrow County third through eighth graders beat statewide percentages in meeting or exceeding 2011 Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests standards for reading and science.

A higher percentage of local students also met or exceeded standards in English/language arts for fourth, fifth and seventh grades, standards in math for third through seventh grades and social studies standards in fourth through eighth grades.

The CRCT is designed to measure how well students acquire the skills and knowledge described in the Georgia Performance Standards. The results are then 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.

Highlights of the 2011 CRCT report for Barrow County

Third grade results

• 95.6 percent of third graders met or exceeded standards in reading, the highest percentage for Barrow County schools at the third-grade level
• had the highest percentage of third graders meet or exceed standards in English/language arts (95.6), math (93.5), science (88.8) and social studies (89.4)

Fourth grade results

• Bramlett Elementary School saw the highest percentage of fourth-grade students meet or exceed standards in reading (93.4), English/language arts (93.3) and math (92.6)
• had the highest percentage of fourth graders meet or exceed standards in science (92) and social studies (92.7)

Fifth grade results 

• Yargo Elementary saw the highest percentage of fifth-grade students meet or exceed standards in reading (95.2), English/language arts (98.4) and social studies (90.7)
• 94.9 percent of fifth graders met or exceeded standards in math, the highest percentage for Barrow County schools at the fifth-grade level
• 85 percent of Bramlett Elementary School fifth graders met or exceeded standards in science, the highest percentage for Barrow County schools at the fifth-grade level

Sixth grade results

• Of the four middle schools in Barrow County, had the highest percentage of sixth-grade students meet or exceed standards in all subject areas — 97.5 percent in reading, 95.1 percent in English/language arts, 89 percent in math, 82.3 percent in science and 87.3 percent in social studies

Seventh grade results

• Of the four middle schools in Barrow County, had the highest percentage of seventh-grade students meet or exceed standards in four of five subject areas — 97.5 percent in reading, 98.8 percent in math, 90.3 percent in science and 81.9 percent in social studies
• 97.1 percent of Haymon-Morris Middle School seventh graders met or exceeded standards in English/language arts, the highest percentage for Barrow County schools at the seventh-grade level

Eighth grade results

• Westside Middle School had the highest percentage of eighth-grade students meet or exceed standards in English/language arts (97.3) and social studies (83.2)
• Haymon-Morris Middle had the highest percentage of eighth-grade students meet or exceed standards in math (88.5) and science (78.7)
• 97.3 percent of students at Haymon-Morris and Westside middle schools met or exceeded standards in reading

State law requires that students in third, fifth and eighth grades meet or exceed expectations on the CRCT in reading in order to be promoted. Fifth and eighth grade students must also meet or exceed expectations on the CRCT in mathematics.