The Georgia Department of Education is collecting public comments on changes to the state’s social studies curriculum. This after thousands of students failed a state-mandated exam this year, the CRCT.
State schools Superintendent Kathy Cox threw out the results after discovering 70-80 percent of sixth and seventh graders failed the test.
Cox pointed to a disconnect between test questions and what was being taught, and called for a revamping of the state’s curriculum. That revised curriculum is open for on-line public comment until August 11.
A new curriculum will take effect in 2008-2009 school year; however, the CRCT in spring 2009 won’t count. They will serve as a pilot test.
