Forsyth County Students Excel in CRCT Results

Most students in grades third through eighth in Forsyth County excelled with the 2011 Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT), according to data released by the Ga. Department of Education Wednesday, June 6.

State law requires that students in third, fifth and eighth grade 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.

The CRCT results in reading for the followings grades show:

Third grade students at Sharon Elementary, Daves Creek Elementary and Haw Creek Elementary met or exceeded 100 percent of the requirements for reading.

Fifth grade students at Settles Bridge Elementary, Sharon Elementary, Shiloh Elementary, Johns Creek Elementary, Mashburn Elementary and Big Creek Elementary met or exceeded 100 percent of the requirements for reading.

Eighth grade students at Riverwatch Middle and South Forsyth Middle met or exceeded 100 percent of the requirements for reading.

The CRCT results in math for the followings grades show:

Fifth grade students at Settles Bridge Elementary, Johns Creek Elementary, Mashburn Elementary, Daves Creek Elementary, Vickery Creek Elementary and Brookwood Elementary met or exceeded 100 percent of the requirements for math.

Riverwatch Middle School had the highest percentage of eighth grade students passing math, at 99.5 percent.

For detailed information on all Forsyth County elementary and middle school results for CRCT testing in grades third through eighth, and every other Georgia county, click here.

“I am encouraged that the CRCT results show many more of our students mastering a more rigorous curriculum,” said State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge in the department's news release. “The credit for these tremendous results goes back to the local level, where they have raised the bar for all students.”

Barge said the CRCT scores can't be used to compare with students from across the country. But he said the adoption of the Common Core State Standards and the subsequent Common Assessments will soon make that comparison possible.

2011 CRCT Report Highlights

• Reading, grade 8: Ninety-six (96) percent of students passed the reading CRCT, a one-year increase of one point and an increase of seven points since GPS implementation (2006)

• Mathematics, grade 8: The pass rate was 78 percent, an increase of four points in one year and 16 points since GPS implementation (2008).