AJC.com > Blogs > Get Schooled > Archives > 2007 > June > 15
Friday, June 15, 2007
More CRCT Scores Are Here!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Hot off the press: State officials just released the system-level Criterion-Referenced Competency Test scores from the spring administration of the exams.
You can mine the data ‘til your heart’s content at the Department of Education’s Web site. Hint: After you click on the link, you’ll have to scroll down to the bottom of the page.
Permalink | Comments (7) | Post your comment |
The Social Studies Slump
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
After looking at the new Criterion-Referenced Competency Test results more closely, I noticed a strange pattern this year: Not a single grade level made any improvement in the percentage of students passing social studies.
Nary a one.
Statewide passing rates (the “Meets” and “Exceeds” categories combined) in other subjects showed a mixture of gains and losses, but the percentages of students passing the social studies exam either stayed the same or declined in every grade, compared to last year’s performance.
Granted, the passing rates for social studies are still high — ranging from 83 percent to 89 percent, depending on the grade level. But some of the educators I spoke to for my story today found the lack of overall improvement troubling.
Could this be a sign of the so-called narrowing of the curriculum — which critics say is happening under No Child Left Behind — or is this just a passing anomaly?
