If a child only fails one part of the CRCT the student, parents and teachers meet to discuss what would benefit the child more, being held back a year to succeed at the information missed or moving forward and working outside of the classroom to catch up.

VCS curriculum teams met throughout the summer designing programs to make sure students that struggled this year would have a better chance at succeeding next year, Cason said.

“This new curriculum the state has come up with, the Georgia Performance Standards is more rigorous, it’s more detailed and not only do the kids have to learn but our teachers have to learn to teach it because it’s different, it’s presented in a different way and is a huge adjustment for everybody,” Cason said.