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CRCT isnt gone just yet
Exam could still be a dominating factor in school performance
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Oakwood Elementary School fifth-grader Christian Sanchez, center, reacts to a correct answer as he and classmates Jacqueline Perez, left, and Ezequiel Lopez study for the CRCT test with teacher Regina Cothran. - photo by Tom Reed
The age of Adequate Yearly Progress may be over, but the entire system is not yet a fossil. Elementary and middle school students, for at least the next few years, will have to continue to take the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test. Under the new accountability system, the College and Career Ready Performance Index, the test will still weigh on the overall score of each school.