Georgia students show across-the-board improvements on CCRPI scores
Georgia elementary, middle and high school students showed strong improvements this year on the annual College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI), the state Department of Education has reported.
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Capitol Beat News Service
ATLANTA — Georgia elementary, middle and high school students showed strong improvements this year on the annual College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI), the state Department of Education has reported.
The CCRPI includes five components: content mastery, progress, closing gaps, readiness, and — for high schools — the graduation rate.
Elementary-school students posted the highest score in closing gaps, which measures how well schools meet annual improvement targets for student subgroups.
Those in middle school scored highest in readiness, which includes literacy scores, student attendance, pathway completion, and other measures of college and career readiness.
High school students posted a graduation rate of 85.7% for their highest score, up 0.8% from last year.
This year’s scores clearly demonstrated academic improvements across all grade levels, State School Superintendent Richard Woods said.
“While we have seen scores increase on state and national assessments, the CCRPI also encompasses other indicators — from schools’ success at improving the performance of all students to the opportunities offered beyond core subject areas,” he said. “These scores show advancement across the curriculum and where there are areas for improvement. The data allow us to make a focused effort toward growth.”
Legislation the General Assembly passed this year requires the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement to calculate a single score for schools and districts and publish them online. The DOE will publish the scores as soon as they are available.
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