It’s white-knuckle time for many of Fayette’s students this week. For them, summer vacation has yet to begin.

Retesting is underway for 513 students who didn’t meet expectations on the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) that were given to students this spring. If the students don’t meet expectations, they won’t advance to the next grade this fall.

According to the Department of Education’s Web site, the tests are based on the state’s Quality Core Curriculum and are used to measure the knowledge and skills taught in the classroom.

School Public Information Officer Melinda Berry-Dreisbach said aggregate scores were just released by the state and she’s hoping to have individual school results in early July.

“According to aggregated data sent to the school system by the Georgia Department of Education, it appears that overall Fayette has the highest number of students scoring in the ‘exceeds’ category in all grade levels and subjects in comparison to other school systems throughout the state,” said Berry-Dreisbach.

“The preliminary data also shows that the overwhelming majority of our students either ‘met’ or ‘exceeded’ the standard across all grade levels and subject areas,” she said. “Our students performed exceptionally well in the more difficult subjects such as math, social studies and science. We are very pleased with these initial scores and are confident that the official score reports will closely reflect the unverified data. Our future goal is to continue to provide the best instruction possible in order to help all of our students move into the ‘exceeds’ category,” she added.

The results also show that Fayette students performed exceptionally well in the more difficult subjects such as math, social studies and science.

Although the aggregated scores are preliminary and could change as data is cleaned, school officials expect that the official scores, which should be received by the school system the first week in July, will closely reflect the initial report.

“We are very pleased with these initial scores and are confident that the official score reports will closely reflect the unverified data. Our future goal is to continue to provide the best instruction possible in order to help all of our students exceed requirements in the future,” says Superintendent John DeCotis.

The breakdown for students taking the retest this week include 101 students for third grade reading, 123 students for fifth grade reading, 65 students in fifth grade math, 63 students in eighth grade reading and 161 students for eighth grade math.

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