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Title: Understanding and Preparing for the CRCT Strategies and Tips to Improve Student Performance


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Understanding and Preparing for the
CRCTStrategies and Tips toImprove
StudentPerformance
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Tonights Presenters
  • Kelli Jones, School Psychologist
  • Kendra Berry, Advanced Learning Programs
  • Lucille Carlisle, Professional School Counselor
  • Dana Gillian, Professional School Counselor
  • Cindy Dorsey, Professional School Counselor
  • Maria Chu, ESOL Teacher and Interpreter

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What is the CRCT?
  • The CRCT Test
  • The Criterion Referenced Competency Test (CRCT)
    is administered to students in the Georgia school
    system. Read this article to learn about the
    specifics of this state-wide assessment test.
  • Georgia's Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests
    are used to determine how students are learning
    and performing in the Georgia school environment.
    Georgia law requires all first to eighth grade
    students to take the CRCT in the subjects of
    reading, language arts, and mathematics. Third to
    eighth graders also test in science and social
    studies.

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What Makes the CRCT Different from Other
Norm-Referenced Tests?
  • The CRCT is different from norm-referenced tests
    (NRTs). The CRCT is designed to see how well a
    student acquires, learns, and uses the specific
    skills and goals outlined in an instructional
    unit or year-long curriculum. The Georgia CRCT is
    designed specifically to test the state's
    educational content standards. NRTs are designed
    for use throughout the entire nation and test to
    national standards. They compare students along
    an achievement spectrum. With the results of
    these tests, parents and teachers are able to see
    how individual students compare with other
    students in their class, school district, state
    and nation. These tests help educators and
    administration determine the effectiveness of
    their school's education.

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CRCT Content WeightsReading2008-2009
  • Third Grade Reading
  • Literacy Comprehension
    60
  • Reading for Information
    20
  • Reading Skills and Vocabulary Acquisition 20
  • Fifth Grade Reading
  • Literacy Comprehension
    40
  • Reading for Information
    40
  • Reading Skills and Vocabulary Acquisition 20

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CRCT Content WeightsMath2008-2009
  • Third Grade
  • Numbers and Operations 50
  • Measurement 18
  • Geometry 12
  • Algebra
    10
  • Data Analysis 10
  • Fifth Grade
  • Numbers and Operations 50
  • Measurement 18
  • Geometry 12
  • Algebra
    10
  • Data Analysis 10

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Scale Score and Performance Levels
  • The scale score reported for each content area is
    derived by converting the number of correct
    responses on the test (the raw score) to the CRCT
    scale. Since the scale scores are equivalent
    across test forms within the same content area
    and grade, students obtaining the same score have
    demonstrated the same level of performance with
    respect to the GPS.

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  • Scores at or above 850 indicate a level of
    performance that Exceeds the Standard set for the
    test.
  • Scores from 800849 indicate a level of
    performance that Meets the Standard set for the
    test.
  • Scores below 800 indicate a level of performance
    that Does Not Meet the Standard set for the test

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Testing MechanicsHow Can I Help My Child Be
More Prepared For a Test
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Pop Quiz
  • Which of the following is true about
    multiple-choice tests
  • a. Everybody takes themb. They're not always
    func. You can improve your test-taking skillsd.
    All of the above Pencils down!

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  • The correct choice is answer d. While
    multiple-choice tests are among the most popular
    testing forms, they're also among the easiest at
    which to improve using provided strategy.

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The Process of Elimination
  • Go through each answer to a question and
    eliminate as many of the answer choices as
    possible. By eliminating two answer choices, you
    can vastly improve your chances of getting the
    item correct. It is recommended that you attempt
    to answer each question, since your score is
    calculated based on how many questions you get
    right, and unanswered or incorrectly answered
    questions receive no credit.

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Example
  • How old was Martin Luther King
  • when he died?
  • A. 85 years old (too old)
  • B. 39 years old
  • C. 57 years old
  • D. 13 years old (a young boy)

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Another Example
  • Use Number Sense or Estimation to rule out wrong
    choices.
  • Students at Bullard Elementary collected
    labels from cans. The third grade class collected
    247 labels, and the fourth grade collected 236
    labels. How many labels did they collect in all?
  • A. 13
  • B. 411
  • C. 483
  • D. 583

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  • We can rule out the answer choice 13 because we
    are adding and 13 is less than either of the
    addends.
  • We can also estimate to rule out other answer
    choices.
  • Round 247 to the nearest 10, 250
  • Round 236 to the nearest 10, 240
  • Then add, 490
  • 411 is to low
  • 583 is to high

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The Process of Elimination is Valuable
  • If you eliminate one choice you have a 25 chance
    of having the correct answer
  • Eliminate two a 33 chance
  • Eliminate three 50

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Read and Re-ReadTeach your child to read
the test question or statement carefully at least
twice.  Be sure they are reading all of the
answer choices, not jumping to conclusions before
they have read all the choices.
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A Steady Pace Wins the Race
  • Keep a steady pace and do not let more difficult
    questions affect your attitude and steal your
    valuable time. Students often cloud their minds
    by lingering over difficult questions. Moving on
    and finding success with other questions is a
    better method. When you finish, go back to those
    left blank.

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Supporting Ideas or Details
  • Supporting Ideas or Details These test questions
    are about the little details in a story. For
    example What color was Timothys skateboard in
    the story? Go back to the story and find the
    answer. These questions force you to figure out
    something in the passage. There will be clues in
    the passage. The question may have the phrase
    most likely in it.

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Read to UnderstandNot to Remember
  • On the CRCT Reading, the passages are fiction or
    nonfiction and the answers are multiple choice. 
    There are four types of reading questions  Main
    Idea, Word Meaning, Supporting Details and
    Inferences.
  • Read to understand not to remember.  Think of
    this test as an open book test. Look back in the
    passage for detail questions.
  • Don't look for the answer in the passage if the
    question is inference-based.  A careful reader
    needs to make educated guesses based on facts the
    author provides.

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Main Idea or SummarizationQuestions
  • These questions are usually written
    somethinglike, What is this story mostly
    about? orWhats the main idea? or Which
    sentence best tells about this story?
  • The answer is not stated exactly in the story,
    sothis is a think about it type

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Word Meanings
  • Some test questions will focus on the meaning
    of a
  • word. The words chosen for these items are
    supposed to
  • be new words, so it shouldnt bother you if
    youve never
  • heard of the word.
  • Look back in the passage and find the word in
    the sentence. The words in that sentence (or the
    sentence before or after) should give clues about
    the word meaning. Try replacing the word with one
    of the choices from the test.

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Word Meaning Example
  • In the story, Alexander enjoyed staying at
    expensive hotels and eating at the best
    restaurants. His friends thought that he led an
    extravagant life.
  • Extravagant means
  • A. cheap
  • B. hard
  • C. spending carelessly
  • D. sad

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Inferences
  • Inference is a conclusion reached through
    reasoning. Inference is used to reach conclusions
    when information is implied but not stated as a
    certainty. You make inferences about story
    elements based in details in a story.

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Example of Inference Question
  • When the Smith children got home from summer
    camp, they noticed that the TV and VCR were not
    in the family room. What most likely happened
    while they were away?
  • A. Grandmother came for a visit.
  • B. The dog ate them.
  • C. There was a flood.
  • D. Their parents moved them to another room.

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Understand What's Being Asked
  • One of the biggest challenges with multiple
    choices is to not misinterpret what's being
    asked some choices will be related to the
    subject but won't answer the question. For
    instance,
  • Why do some birds fly south for the winter?1.
    Because they have feathers2. Because they
    migrate to warmer climates3. Because they eat
    birdseed4. Because they fly in patterns
  • All of the choices are true about birds, but only
    one choice answer b answers the question
    asked.

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Vocabulary
  • Prefixes
  • If youre having trouble with a word in the
    question or answer choices, try
  • dissecting it. Take advantage of every clue that
    the word might include. Prefixes
  • and suffixes can be a huge help. Usually they
    allow you to determine a basic
  • meaning. Pre- means before, post- means after,
    pro - is positive, de- is negative.
  • From these prefixes and suffixes, you can get an
    idea of the general meaning of the
  • word and try to put it into context. Beware
    though of any traps. Just because con is
  • the opposite of pro, doesnt necessarily mean
    congress is the opposite of progress!

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CRCT Common Vocabulary Terms
  • Test development sometimes results in terms being
    used on a test that may be unique to the test.
    Listed below are terms that may be used in
    Georgias Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests.
    In many instances, these terms may represent
    concepts included in Georgias Performance
    Standards. This is only a sample list and is not
    meant to be comprehensive.

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Know The Vocabulary
  • CRCT Common Vocabulary Terms
  • CRCT Key Terms- Reading and English Language Arts
  • Grades 1-3
  • Action word (verbs)
  • Best order (sequence)
  • Combine sentences (conjunctions)
  • Complete sentence
  • Compound predicate
  • Compound subject
  • Describing words (adjectives)
  • Ending sounds (rhyming words)
  • Imperative sentences
  • Modifier (adjective)
  • Mostly about (main idea)
  • Naming word (noun)

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  • Opinion
  • Opposite (antonym)
  • Passage (story)
  • Root word (base word)
  • Simple predicate
  • Simple subject
  • Sounds like (homophones)
  • Transition
  • Types of sentence (telling, asking, command,
    excitement, supporting)
  • Word parts (syllables)

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Grades 4-5 (Reading and English Language Arts)
  • Conjunctions
  • Context clues
  • Draw conclusion
  • Fragment
  • Impose
  • Inference
  • Irrelevant
  • Main idea
  • Mainly
  • Means opposite of
  • Means the same as
  • Modifier

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Math Grades 1-3
  • Angles
  • Area
  • Best unit
  • Difference
  • Digit
  • Equal to
  • Equivalent
  • Estimate
  • Even and odd numbers
  • Factor
  • Fraction
  • Greater than
  • Less than
  • Lines of symmetry
  • Measurement (width, height, length)
  • Model
  • Money value
  • Number is closest (nearest to)
  • Number line

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  • Number sentence
  • Number sentence is same as
  • Older (more)
  • Operations (addition, subtraction,
    multiplication, division)
  • Ordinal number
  • Pie
  • Same as
  • Solve
  • Value equals
  • View as
  • Whole number
  • Younger (less)
  • Acknowledgement Many of the words in this list
    are borrowed from the work of selected
  • Gwinnett County Public School educators.

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Grades 4-5 Math
  • Algebraic
  • Balanced
  • Common denominator
  • Computation
  • Coordinates on a grid
  • Digit
  • Doubling
  • Estimate
  • Expanded notation
  • Geometric figures
  • In all (total)
  • Least likely/most likely
  • Model
  • Number sentence
  • Patterns
  • Perimeter

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  • Place value
  • Prime number
  • Probability
  • Problem solving strategy
  • Product
  • Properties
  • Remainder
  • Rename
  • Rounded to
  • Simplest forms
  • Sum
  • Symbol for does not equal

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Wonderful Websites
  • www.cobbk12.org/bullard/
  • www.doe.k12.ga.us
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