Cost to test younger grades = $54,000
ALBANY, GA. -- The Dougherty County Board of Education found itself wrestling with another CRCT issue at a meeting today.
The state of Georgia recently removed its requirement for first and second grade students to be given the CRCT.
The board is considering contracting with Triumph Learning in order to continue giving the tests to those students.
But some members balked at the contract’s $54,000 price tag.
"We’ve got to keep our priorities in order and the priority is to do the best job of educating so the $54,000 needed to be funded for this testing is going to have to be found," said DCSS Chairman David Maschke..
School board members said they were concerned about how well third graders would perform on the CRCT if they had not been tested in the past.
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