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Wednesday, January 18, 2012  Updated with video; A decade after the implementation of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law, Georgia schools Superintendent John Barge and other state school superintendents are pushing to have it waived.

Friday, July 08, 2011  Updated with video; After state officials say they ended the CRCT cheating investigation in Dougherty County, Gov. Nathan Deal says the probe is resuming.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011  Updated with video; Administrators are speaking out a day after they found out the probe into CRCT cheating allegations has been dropped

Monday, April 11, 2011  Students across Dougherty County spent much of Monday’s school day undergoing the latest round of the controversial CRCT testing program. Meanwhile, the G-B-I investigation into 2009’s C-R-C-T results continues.

Friday, February 11, 2011  The Governor’s Office of Student Achievement released results of a spring 2010 erasure analysis on CRCT tests. Also, community members and educators discuss homeless students, technology and tour schools at the Leadership Albany workshop.

Monday, November 15, 2010  GBI investigators have been in and out of Dougherty County schools talking to teachers and administrators

Wednesday, September 22, 2010  It found that students whose teachers were offered bonuses of up to $15,000 a year for improved test scores registered the same gains on standardized exams as those whose teachers were given no such incentives.

Monday, August 09, 2010  Administrators say they are considering ordering sample tests at a cheaper price to make sure that students get practice.

Friday, April 17, 2009  Lee County Middle School students are studying for next week's CRCT tests with a lot of energy.