Officials In Walton And Gwinnett Pleased With CRCT Results

The state Department of Education released the results of the 2010-11 Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests Wednesday for grades 3-8. Students took the state-mandated tests in April with about 12,000 students in each grade level from Gwinnett County, the state’s largest school system, taking the tests and about 1,000 in each grade level from Walton County Public Schools.

Gwinnett County officials reported that the county’s public school systems beat state averages across the board with mean scores in all content areas Reading, English/Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies above state averages at all grade levels.

“These CRCT results affirm our focus on improving achievement for all students through high expectations, increased rigor, and student engagement in learning activities,” said Dale Robbins, Gwinnett’s associate superintendent for Teaching and Learning Support, in a press release. “We work very hard to encourage students to higher and higher levels of achievement. Our goal is not for students to simply ‘pass;’ our goal is for them to exceed the standards set by the state. Double-digit increases in the ‘exceeds’ category were achieved in fourth-grade reading (+10), fifth-grade reading (+12) and in seventh-grade social studies (+13). We will continue to challenge students to achieve at their greatest potential by incorporating strategies such as problem solving, decision making and collaboration.”

Kim Embry, spokesperson for Walton County Public Schools, said the test coordinator for the district highlighted the fact that in both reading and English/language arts all grade levels had double-digit percentage point gains in the exceeds category since the testing began in 2006. In addition, in mathematics all grade levels had double-digit percentage point gains in the meet or exceeds and exceeds category since the testing began.

Walton County

Third grade: Reading, 91.8 percent met or exceeded state standards, 44.6 exceeded, English/Language Arts, 90.4 met or exceeded, 39.8 exceeded; Mathematics 87.4 met or exceeded, 53.3 exceeded, Science 84.1 met or exceeded 40.6 exceeded; Social Studies 84.0 met or exceeded 27.6 exceeded.

Fourth grade: Reading, 89.7 percent met or exceeded state standards, 42.8 percent exceeded; English/Language Arts, 90.1 met or exceeded, 37.8 exceeded; Mathematics, 84.9 met or exceeded, 43.5 exceeded, science 81.6 met or exceeded, 38.3 exceeded, Social Studies 80.1 met or exceeded, 19.8 exceeded.

Fifth grade: Reading, 93.3 percent met or exceeded state standards, 40.8 percent exceeded; English/Language Arts, 95 met or exceeded, 46.3 exceeded, Mathematics 94.7 met or exceeded, 55 exceeded; Science 79 met or exceeded, 40.7 exceeded; Social studies 75.3, exceeded 22.8.

Sixth grade: Reading, 93.5 percent met or exceeded state standards, 35.6 percent exceeded; English/Language Arts, 92 met or exceeded, 30.7 exceeded; Mathematics 81.7 met or exceeded 22.6 exceeded; Science, 78.1 met or exceeded, 20.3 exceeded; Social Studies 79.4 met or exceeded, 37.9 exceeded.

Seventh grade: Reading, 90.5 percent met or exceeded state standards, 21.8 percent exceeded; English/Language Arts, 91.8 met or exceeded, 40.2 exceeded; Mathematics 90.1 met or exceeded, 40.7 exceeded; Science 84.2 met or exceeded, 41.4 exceeded; Social Studies, 79.2 met or exceeded, 48.6 exceeded.

Eighth grade: Reading, 96.5 percent met or exceeded state standards, 37 percent exceeded; English/Language Arts 94.4 met or exceeded, 42.6 exceeded, Mathematics, 77.8 met or exceeded, 28.9 exceeded; Science, 69.2 met or exceeded, 17.5 exceeded; Social Studies, 77 percent met or exceeded, 29.4 exceeded.

Gwinnett County

Third grade: Reading, 93.9 percent met or exceeded standards, 45.8 percent exceeded; English/Language Arts, 93.5 met or exceeded, 44.0 exceeded; Mathematics, 86.7 met or exceeded, 49.4 exceeded; Science, 86.8 met or exceeded, 45.5 exceeded; Social Studies, 88.3 met or exceeded, 35.2 exceeded.

Fourth grade: Reading, 93.5 percent met or exceeded, 48.1 percent exceeded; English/Language Arts, 94.2 met or exceeded, 45.2 exceeded; Mathematics, 90.4 met or exceeded, 50.6 exceeded; Science, 90.1 met or exceeded, 56.7 exceeded; Social Studies, 90.4 met or exceeded, 39.7 exceeded.

Fifth grade: Reading, 94.0 percent met or exceeded, 40.9 percent exceeded; English/Language Arts, 96.6 met or exceeded, 43.4 exceeded; Mathematics, 93.3 met or exceeded, 53.5 exceeded; Science, 86.0 met or exceeded, 49.0 exceeded; Social Studies, 82.1 met or exceeded, 33.2 exceeded.

Sixth grade: Reading, 95.7 percent met or exceeded, 45.1 percent exceeded; English/Language Arts, 93.8 met or exceeded, 41.8 exceeded; Mathematics, 84.9 met or exceeded, 31.8 exceeded; Science, 82.3 met or exceeded, 29.2 exceeded; Social Studies, 83.6 met or exceeded, 51.8 exceeded.

Seventh grade: Reading, 95.9 percent met or exceeded, 35.8 percent exceeded; English/Language Arts, 96.9 met or exceeded, 56.2 exceeded; Mathematics, 95.4 met or exceeded, 55.9 exceeded; Science, 92.9 met or exceeded, 58.7 exceeded; Social Studies, 89.4 met or exceeded, 66.5 exceeded.

Eighth grade: Reading, 97.2 percent met or exceeded, 45.2 percent exceeded; English/Language Arts, 95.4 met or exceeded, 51.7 exceeded; Mathematics, 85.3 met or exceeded, 38.2 exceeded; Science, 78.9 met or exceeded, 29.8 exceeded; Social Studies, 81.3 met or exceeded, 40.5 exceeded.