Mrs. Amber Jones - Vice President of Academic Affairs

CURRICULUM
UCA uses the Georgia Performance Standards to determine the benchmarks to be covered throughput the school year.  Our teachers incorporate a collaborative model to teacher to each child's ability.  The parents and students are given bi-weekly progress report to monitors a child's ability. 

 https://www.georgiastandards.org/standards/Pages/BrowseStandards/BrowseGPS.aspx    

Testing
UCA will be assessed using the following assessments, ITBS, CRCT, 3rd, 5th , & 8th Grade writing assessment. Georgia’s performance-based writing assessments are administered to students in grades three, five, eight, and eleven. Student writing samples are evaluated on an analytic scoring system in all grades to provide diagnostic feedback to teachers, students, and parents about individual performance. The writing assessments provide information to students about their writing performance and areas of strength and challenge. This information is useful for instruction and preparation for future writing assessments. The CRCT is designed to measure how well students acquire the skills and knowledge described in the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS). The assessments yield information on academic achievement at the student, class, school, system, and state levels. This information is used to diagnose individual student strengths and weaknesses as related to the instruction of the GPS, and to gauge the quality of education throughout Georgia.

What content areas and grade levels are tested?
Georgia law, as amended by the A+ Education Reform Act of 2000, requires that all students in grades one through eight take the CRCT in the content areas of reading, English/language arts, and mathematics. Students in grades three through eight are also assessed in science and social studies. The CRCT only assesses the content standards outlined in the GPS.
 http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ci_testing.aspx?PageReq=CI_TESTING_CRCT  

Student Supplies- Primary (K-2) Elementary Middle  (3-8)
- Loose Leaf Primary Paper
- #2 Pencils
- Erasers
- Crayons
- Glue (Bottle Multipurpose Washable)
- Scissors
- Kleenex (one box)
- Liquid Hand Soap/Sanitizer
- Wide Ruled Notebook Paper
- #2 Pencils (Sharpened)
- Erasers
- Pencil Sharpener
- Ball Point Ink Pens (Black/Blue)
- Glue
- Crayons
- Colored Pencils
- Ruler
- 2” 3 Ring Binder
- Spiral Bound Notebook
- Pocket Folders
- Scissors
- Kleenex (one box)