By ODYSSEY STAFF
State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge released the 2014 Georgia College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) that measures schools and school districts on a 100 point scale today.
CCRPI is the accountability system which replaces the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) measurement in Georgia. The U.S. Department of Education granted Georgia’s waiver from NCLB on Feb. 9, 2012.
“CCRPI is one indicator – among many – that we are using in our planning process. That being said, in order to ensure the growth and progress of our students, we use many factors that are beyond those found in a test score,” Clarke County School District Superintendent Philip Lanoue said in a press release.
CCSD was higher than the overall state average in middle schools. In addition, in Clarke County middle schools, all four middle schools increased overall scores, as well as those in content mastery, progress, achievement gap and in closing the achievement gap between economically disadvantaged/English language learners/students with disabilities and other subgroups.
“I think the strategies and supports we have in place make sense. Perhaps in some way we could do a better job of identifying (and putting stronger interventions in place) earlier,” English department chair Ian Altman said.
While middle schools made gains, the three CCSD high schools decreased in overall scores, posting a 14.2 percent drop from 2013.
