• measure the level of student achievement of the Quality Core Curriculum (QCC) standards and Georgia Performance Standards,
• to identify students failing to achieve mastery of content, to provide teachers with diagnostic information,
• and to assist school systems in identifying strengths and weaknesses in order to establish priorities in planning educational programs

ITBS
The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills is a norm-referenced test (NRT). Scores from a NRT are used to compare the performance of Georgia’s students with the performance of students in a national sample, in the same grade who took the test at the same point in the school year. The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills is a norm-referenced test (NRT). Scores from a NRT are used to compare the performance of Georgia’s students with the performance of students in a national sample, in the same grade who took the test at the same point in the school year.

Writing Tests
Section 20-2-281 of the Quality Basic Education Act, as amended in 1991, requires that writing assessments be administered to students in grades three, five, eight, and eleven. Section 20-2-281 of the Quality Basic Education Act, as amended in 1991, requires that writing assessments be administered to students in grades three, five, eight, and eleven.

CRCT
The CRCT measures student acquisition of the skills and knowledge described in the QCC. The assessments will yield information on academic achievement at the student, class, school, system, and state levels. The CRCT measures student acquisition of the skills and knowledge described in the QCC. The assessments will yield information on academic achievement at the student, class, school, system, and state levels.