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The
Commerce News
JUNE 18,2008 • PAGE 3B
CRCT Retakes Are Coming Up
The school year may have
ended May 16, but for close to
100 Commerce students, summer
vacation has yet to begin.
Most of those kids failed one or
more of the CRCT exams required
to advance to the next grade. It’s a
problem across Georgia.
“Sixty-two percent of eighth grad
ers passed the math test," noted
Superintendent James E. “Mac"
McCoy. “That’s better than the
state, but not where we wanted
it.’’
The result is 38 percent of eighth
graders are in summer school pre
paring for the retest, which is June
18-19 or June 25-26. Statewide, 40
percent flunked.
Fortunately, the state tossed out
the social studies exam because
70-80 percent of Georgia’s sixth
and seventh graders flunked it.
So did 79 percent of CMS sixth
graders.
All students who failed one of
the other CRCT tests must retake
four weeks.
“There could be a child with a
morning session in math, and a
second session in language arts,’’
McCoy noted.
Associate Superintendent Pam
Summey noted that all figures at
this point are preliminary.
“The Department of Education
has not entered all of the data
and we have not signed off on or
submitted our Student Records
report,’’ she said via e-mail. “Both
of these items have a great bear
ing on the final results. In addi
tion, for the first time in the his
tory of the CRCT, the DOE will
be taking into account the sum
mer retake tests for grade three
reading, grades five and eight
reading/language arts and math.
When the retake scores are con
figured with the current spring
scores, we anticipate a gain in
the number of students that “met’’
and/or “exceeded’’ the expecta
tions of the Annual Measurable
scores at CMS were better than
the previous year, McCoy said
they were disappointing.
“We weren’t disappointed in the
effort we gave. We didn’t feel like
the test was what we prepared
for,’’ he said.
While the state tossed the dis
mal Social Studies results, it kept
the math scores, which were
also much lower statewide than
expected.
The superintendent pointed out
that a previous change in the
state’s language arts curriculum
also produced a dip in scores.
“Once the teachers get used to
the standards and now that we’ve
taken the test once, we hope we
get better results, “he said.
CMS Makes AYP
In spite of the math scores, it
appears that Commerce Middle
School will be determined to have
made “adequate yearly progress’’
under the federal No Child Left
Behind law.
Planning The Next Yearbook
The East Jackson Comprehensive High
School Aerie Yearbook Staff recently attend
ed Jostens Yearbook University at Unicoi
Lodge, Helen, and placed 2nd in Overall
Theme Portfolio in the Creative Track and won
$500 toward its yearbook budget. The intense
workshop included sessions on concept and
theme, idea planning and design, and coverage
and deadline planning. Those attending were
Laura Boswell, adviser; Briana Thompson;
Audra Eckert, Jostens representative; Melia
Morris; and Erica Turner. East Jackson staff
members submitted theme sketches for cover,
endsheets, title page, opening/closing and
dividers as well as each individual staff mem
ber submitted one spread design based on
the theme.
it, and McCoy said the schools
“strongly encouraged’’ those stu
dents to take the two-hour daily
summer school sessions that last
Objectives.’’
Those results are expected in
mid to late July.
While the preliminary math
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