Individual school scores on the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test were released by the Georgia Department of Education Thursday.
The department has previously released statewide and district-level test results, which have shown that Georgia students have made gains in the tested subjects of reading, English/language arts and social studies while struggling more with math and science.
Wednesday's scores offer a ground-level view of those results.
Pressure to do well on the CRCT, administered to students in grades three through eight, has been cited by some educators as a reason for cheating on the test.
Officials in Georgia expect the CRCT to be replaced in a few years by a national assessment. Georgia has already joined with 46 other states in agreeing to adhere to a new set of "common core" academic standards. Progress in meeting those standards would be measured by the new test.
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