Testing Information

CRCT

arrow 2008 CRCT Informational Brochure  pdf icon

arrow CRCT Study Guides

The CRCT Study Guides(grades 1-8) are posted to the GaDOE website on the CRCT home page in the portlet titled Student Guides. They may be accessed using the link below:

http://www.gadoe.org/ci_testing.aspx?PageReq=CI_TESTING_CRCT

These guides are organized by grade level and within each grade level by content area. Activities, test-taking strategies, and practice tests are included in each content area and grade level. We hope that these study guides will help you prepare students for the CRCT.

For best results to download the guides, right click on the document , select Save Target  As and save to your desktop.  This will reduce the possibility of an error message and reduce the amount of time required for the download.

arrow Georgia CRCT Site for Online Practice Tests

The above password-protected site contains questions in the areas of Reading, Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. All students are given their student login information at school.

Using this site allows our students to practice test taking skills and to become comfortable with the way questions may be phrased. Students are able to practice from school and home. Teachers can view results of all tests. Some questions may cover topics not yet introduced in class. For those questions, we encourage students to use reasoning skills to guess the most likely answer.

Students should only take tests at home that are labeled : (Grade level)HOME(Subject)

Troubleshooting
Make sure you are using Internet Explorer !!! The CRCT tests may not work properly using Netscape.
Make sure you are typing the correct login name and password. You can verify this information with your classroom teacher.

CRCT Timeline
January - Introduce students to online practice tests
February - March - Continue use of practice tests
April - Take the real test!

More Sites for Improving Test Scores

 Helpful Testing Information

Help Your Child Improve in Test-Taking
This U. S. Department of Education site offers many helpful hints for parents.

K-5 Parent's Guide to Standardized Tests
This Family Education site answers many questions about standardized tests, sample elementary test questions for parents, and brain-powered activities to do with your children.

Take the (T)error Out of the Stanford 9:
See reading and math samples for grades 1-5.

Georgia QCC's
Check out what the Georgia QCC learning standards are for your child's grade level. Choose the curriculum area and the grade level, click on Standards and then Search to see the content standards for each subject area.

More Sites About Testing and Test Practice:

http://www.edinformatics.com/testing/testing.htm
http://www.epes.com/50.html

Tips for Helping Your Child Be a Successful Test Taker:

  • Do praise your child for the things he or she does well, and be supportive of his or her efforts, especially in areas or activities that are challenging. Kids who feel good about themselves and their abilities-and who aren't fearful about making mistakes-will feel more confident, and less anxious, when taking the test.
  • Do talk with your child about what they're doing in class and ask what he or she is reading. Studies show that kids who talked with their families on a weekly basis about school and what they were reading scored higher on the national standardized reading test than kids who talked about these things with their families less often.
  • Do limit your child's TV time. Studies show that kids who watched fewer than three hours of television a day scored higher on the national reading test than those who watched more.
  • Do express a positive attitude about the test and confidence in your child's ability to do well on it. Research shows that parents' and teachers' attitudes influence children's attitudes. So if you're upbeat and encouraging about the test, your child is likely to feel good about it.
  • Do encourage your child to read-newspapers, magazines, food labels, recipes, letters, and instructions, in addition to fiction and nonfiction books. Test makers draw on a wide variety of formats when choosing items to evaluate reading comprehension skills.
  • Do realize that putting too much emphasis on the test and the results can increase your child's anxiety about the test. Too much anxiety can prevent your child from doing his or her best.
  • Do reassure your child that test scores are only one measure of his or her abilities, not the whole picture. Don't judge your child on the basis of his or her test score.
  • Do ensure that your child gets a good night's sleep the night before the test and eats a nutritious breakfast the day of the test.

*These tips were taken from the January issue of "Creative Classroom".

 

Thanks to Denise Casey, Spring Hill computer teacher, for sharing information for this web page.


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