Georgia students taking CRCT exams

Georgia students are in the midst of taking state standardized tests, and education experts recommend getting adequate sleep and eating well-balanced meals and snacks to help kids focus during the important exams.

Students were out of school up to eight days this winter after getting pummeled with snowy weather in January and February.

But most school systems have not made up all the days, which has left students and teachers playing catch-up to prepare for the high stakes state standardized exams – known as the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) — given in the spring.