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CRCT. Criterion Referenced Competency Test: Understanding the Test, Understanding Your Child’s Score Connie Plunkett-Thompson Cooper Middle School December 7, 2007. CRCT.

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  1. CRCT Criterion Referenced Competency Test: Understanding the Test, Understanding Your Child’s Score Connie Plunkett-Thompson Cooper Middle School December 7, 2007

  2. CRCT A test that measures the extent to which a student has acquired certain information or mastered certain skills.

  3. Georgia’s CRCT • The testing shall fulfill the following purposes: • To identify each school's instructional strengths and weaknesses. • To serve as one source for the evaluation of the educational program. • To facilitate the planning of appropriate curriculum and instructional programs. • To facilitate in the selection of classroom instructional strategies. • To identify the level of achievement of Cobb County students as compared with that of other school districts locally and nationally. • To inform parents and the general public of the achievement of Cobb students. ***From Cobb County Schools web site at www.cobbk12.org

  4. When Do Students take the CRCT? • 5 Days • April 23rd – 29th • Wednesday: Reading • Thursday: Language Arts • Friday: Math • Monday: Science • Tuesday: Social Studies Testing: 9:15 – 11:45

  5. About the Tests… • Each Subject has two 45 minute subtests • Students may take up to 60 minutes per subtest • All items are multiple choice • Students may not enter or leave the room once testing has begun

  6. Before the Test • Prepare emotionally for the test • Eat a good nutritious breakfast • Get a good night’s sleep • Help your student Relax. • Keep a normal routine

  7. Test Tips • Listen to and read directions carefully • Listen to and read test items carefully • Set a pace that will allow time to complete the test • Bypass difficult items and return to them later

  8. Test Tips • Make informed guesses rather than omitting items • Eliminate as many alternatives as possible before guessing • Remember, it is not how many a student completes but how many are correct

  9. More Test Tips • Check the question number to be sure that the question number & answer number match when marking an answer • Check to be sure that the appropriate response was marked on the answer sheet • If time permits, go back and answer the questions skipped and check all answers

  10. SAMPLE QUESTIONS Directions: Read the poem and answer the questions. I see a very old book Lost on a library shelf Good to balance on my head Play like a mischievous elf.

  11. Multiple Choice Questions 1. When the speaker in the poem says “lost on a library shelf”, he probably means that • the book can’t find its way back home. b. he is lost in the library. c. the book has been put there and forgotten.

  12. Spelling: • Select the correct spelling. • Receive • b. Recieve • c. Reveice • d. Reicive

  13. Mathematics Which type of equipment is used to measure the length of an object? • Meter b. Balance c. Graduated cylinder d. Thermometer

  14. READING Since our friends had missed lunch, we fed them to appease their hunger. APPEASE means-- a. notice c. mention b. satisfy d. increase

  15. Understanding Your Child’s Scores • Scores are reported as: Does Not Meet Expectations Less than 800 Meets Expectations 800 to 850 Exceeds Expectations 850 and Above

  16. CRCT Use in Grade Level Promotion • Starting in August, 2004 all Georgia 3rd graders are expected to pass the Math and Reading tests to be promoted to 4th grade • August, 2005 all Georgia 5th Grade to 6th Grade • August, 2006 all Georgia 8th grade to 9th Grade • Passing Score: 800 or above (Meets Expectations)

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