PROJECTED CRCT RESULTS

Public school students in grades 1-8 are required to take the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests in reading, English and math. Students in grades 3-8 also take state science and social studies exam. Here are preliminary results for this year's test, which students took earlier this spring. The figures are the percentage of students who passed each test:

MATH

Grade...2007...2008

1......82.4......86.4

2......81.3......85.5

3......90......70.9*

4......78......70.1*

5......88......71.6*

6......64.6......69.3

7......73.9......79.8

8......81......62.2*

READING

Grade...2007...2008

1......90.1......90.3

2......91.3......92.0

3......85.0......87.5

4......84.8......87.5

5......85.5......87.2

6......89.3......91.4

7......84.9......88.0

8......88.5......90.6

ENGLISH

Grade...2007...2008

1......82.4......84.5

2......83.8......84.1

3......85.7......87.1

4......84.3......86.2

5......87.7......90.0

6......86.3......87.4

7......89.1......89.7

8......88.3......89.4

SCIENCE

Grade...2007...2008

3......70.1......74.6

4......71.9......73.8

5......66.......71.3

6......59.5......66.0

7......70......75.1

8......74......59.7*

SOCIAL STUDIES

Grade...2007...2008

3......88.6......89

4......88.5......90.1

5......88.4......89

6......83......28.5**

7......86......24.3**

8......85......58.9*

* These tests are based on new curricula students followed for the first time this year. The state says these tests are not comparable to previous years.

** Test results invalidated.

Source: Georgia Department of Education