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February 19, 2004
New online test will help boost student achievement
ATLANTA - Once
upon a time, Georgia
teachers struggled to teach
students what they need
ed to know to score
well on high-stakes tests.
Unfortunately, our edu
cators had to wait until the
results were in before they
knew how successful their
lessons had been. The days
of guessing and hoping
are now over, thanks toa
new online tool that prom
Severe Weather Awareness Week
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Governor Sonny Perdue
has proclaimed the week
of Feb. 22-28 as Severe
Weather Awareness Week
in Georgia.
Severe Weather Aware
ness week is designed to
educate Georgians about
safety preparedness. And
response procedures for a
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hurricanes, lightning,
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achievement statewide.
The new Online Criteri
on Referenced Competen
cy Test (CRCT) provides
access to short tests con
taining questions similar to
those found on the actual
CRCT, which is given to
all students in first through
eighth grades. The online
practice site, which went
live on Jan. 30, is much
more sophisticated and
Management Agency
(GEMA) Director Mike
Sherberger. “Every family
should also have a
National Oceanic Atmos
pheric Administration
(NOAA) weather radio so
that they can receive
immediate severe weather
and emergency warnings”
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ing weather safety meas
ures and severe weather
events through the news
media, media, such as
Family Protection Day on
Monday, Feb. 23, a
statewide severe weather
drill is scheduled for
Wednesday, Feb. 25. The
National Weather Service
will initiate the drill.
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governments are encour
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Students will be able to
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constructed by teachers.
By designing new tests,
teachers can select from
more than 4,700 questions
using an online “shopping
cart” approach. They then
assign the tests to students
aged to participate. In the
event of bad weather on
the day the drill, it will be
rescheduled for Friday,
Feb. 27.
“With the expanded
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ter network in the state,
Georgians can be fore
warned and better pre
pared than ever for severe
weather,” said Sherberg
er.
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are available to the
teachers as soon as the stu
dent is finished, and will
immediately identify les
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reinforced or students
who may need extra help.
The key is that this valu
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dent takes the actual test,
giving teachers time to
help those who may be
The Augusta Chorale concert
The Augusta Chorale,
under the direction of Ellis
Johnson, will present its
biennial Heritage Concert
Sunday, Feb. 29 at 4:00
p-m. at the Gilbert Lam
buth Memorial Chapel of
Paine College.
Various styles of African
American music will be
presented in choral set
tings and solos. Works of
John Work, Moses Hogan,
Wendell Whalum,
William H. Smith, Glenn
Burleigh, Hall Johnson
and others, will be per
formed. Guest performer
will be Baritone Samuel
Stevenson of Charlotte,
N.C., who studied at the
Cincinnati Conservatory
of Music and the Manhat
tan School of Music. He is
a Mertropolitan Opera
audition winner, district
and regional, and the first
man to win the Leontyne
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falling behind' in specific
areas.
The practice site con
tains questions in the
areas of English/Language
Arts, Math, Science, and
Social Studies. Reading
items, currently being
fine-tuned, are expected to
be added in the coming
weeks.
The CRCT Online is a
password protected tool for
classroom teachers, and is
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Scholarship
Award compe
tition in 1985.
Mr. Stevenson
made his
Opera Caroli
na debut in
1981 in Porgy
and Bess, and
subsequently
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opera Samson
and Dalilah,
Verdi’s Rigol
letto, Puccini’s
Turandot and
Cosi Fan Tutti.
He has sung
the role of
Porgy in Porgy
and Bess with
opera companies through
out the United States and
in Europe.
The 65 voice group will
be accompanied by Angela
Arrington, pianist. Admis-
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