Fayette County's public school

students posted impressive numbers as a group in recent results from the

state's 2002 Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests.

More than 90 percent of Fayette's

students are meeting or exceeding the standard in all curriculum areas

tested under the CRCT, according to numbers released last week by the

Fayette County School System.

"We are very pleased that

the Fayette County Schools continue to be in the top percentage in student

performance," said assistant superintendent of education Stuart Bennett.

"It has always been the goal of the school system to have all of

our students achieve at or above grade level and we will continue to work

towards this goal."

The CRCT tests students on

their knowledge of Georgia's Quality Core Curriculum. Student scores are

placed in one of three categories for each content area: does not meet

the standard, meets the standard, exceeds the standard.

In comparison to state averages

in the "meets" and "exceeds" categories combined,

Fayette's students scored an average of 10 percent higher in all grade

levels and curriculum areas. Two exceptions are sixth-grade science, where

both Fayette's students and the state averaged 83 percent in science,

and in sixth-grade social studies, where Fayette's score (81 percent)

was one point higher than the state. Those were also the only two categories

in which scores were below the 90 percent threshold.

Last spring, Georgia students

in grades 1-8 took tests in reading, English/language arts and mathematics.

Prior to 2002, only students in grades four, six and eight had been tested

in these areas. Students in grades 3-8 also took tests in science and

social studies for the first time in 2002.

Fayette's test results for

science and social studies in grades 3-8 are included below, as well as

results for reading, English/language arts, and mathematics in grades

one, two, three, five and seven. Fourth, sixth and eighth grade CRCT test

scores in reading, English/language arts and math were released and published

last month.

Here are the percentages of

all Fayette students meeting or exceeding the standard in 2002:

Reading: first grade,

94 percent; second grade, 94 percent; third grade, 91 percent; fifth grade,

92 percent; seventh grade, 95 percent.

English/language arts:

first grade, 93 percent; second grade, 93 percent; third grade, 92 percent;

fifth grade, 92 percent; seventh grade, 93 percent.

Mathematics: first grade,

94 percent; second grade, 95 percent; third grade, 93 percent; fifth grade,

92 percent; seventh grade, 91 percent.

Science: third grade,

90 percent; fourth grade, 95 percent; fifth grade, 95 percent; sixth grade,

83 percent; seventh grade, 95 percent; eighth grade, 91 percent.

Social studies: third

grade, 92 percent; fourth grade, 94 percent; fifth grade, 94 percent;

sixth grade, 81 percent; seventh grade, 95 percent; eighth grade, 93 percent.

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