The CRCT scores are here!  The CRCT scores are here!

The AJC alerts the educated-minded metro residents that Georgia’s CRCT scores were released this morning with an article and an easily searchable, but contextual-less database.

The article notes that Decatur had some of the highest pass rates among Atlanta metro cities, along with Buford.  (A quick check of both Decatur and Buford fail-rates shows that Decatur had a clear advantage is most grades/subjects.)

Congrats to the school system, all the ‘rents, and especially the KIDS who continue to excel on these sorts of exams.

And since we like to hold ourselves to such a high standard, after the jump you’ll find Decatur and “top test performer” Fayette County’s fail-rates.

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CSD’s Bruce Roaden forwards the announcement…

Winnona Park Elementary School Awarded Platinum Award for the Greatest Gains in CRCT Scores

The Georgia Department of Education and the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement recognized Winnona Park Elementary School as being one of 46 Georgia schools whose students made the most gains on their CRCT scores from the 2008-2009 school year to the 2009-2010 school year.

In order to qualify for the Platinum Award (the highest honor given) for greatest gains, Winnona Park met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) three years in a row, had more than 35% of students exceeded standards, and was in the 98th percentile of Georgia schools that made the greatest gains in the meets and exceeds levels in the CRCT.

The AJC has now posted CRCT scores for 2009 by individual school, though I’m having trouble coming up with any statewide benchmarks. Here are a couple snippets from the AJC article that reference statewide levels…

For instance, the pass rate among eighth graders taking the math test rose to 70 percent, up from 62 percent last year.

…Third-graders this year improved their math passage rate from 71 percent to 78 percent, and fifth-graders improved from 72 percent to 79 percent. For science, 80 percent of third-graders passed the test, compared to 75 percent last year. The fourth-grade passing rate rose from 74 percent to 78 percent.

Social studies remained a challenge, with 37 percent of eighth graders failing that test. Last year, 41 percent of eighth graders failed.

Among CSD schools, Oakhurst had by far the smallest percentage of 3rd graders that failed the math section (12.5%), while Winnona had the highest (23.2%). Oakhurst also had the smallest percentage of 3rd graders that failed the science section (10.7%), while Clairemont had the highest (17.3%).   20.9% of 8th graders failed the “challenging” social studies section, which is considerably better than the 37% statewide average mentioned above.

Here are links to each Decatur school, allowing you to avoid the AJC’s painful drop-down menu.

Clairemont Elementary

Winnona Park Elementary

Oakhurst Elementary

Glennwood Academy

Renfroe Middle School

Also, I noticed that Decatur ranked 91st among Georgia High School Graduation Tests in 2009.  That data was released about a month ago.