More midstate public schools are surpassing expectations for student progress.
The Governor’s Office of Student Achievement released its “Beating the Odds” report Thursday, and many Middle Georgia districts had additional schools on this year’s list.
The list details which schools in each district performed better than statistically anticipated on the College and Career Ready Performance Index, which is based on graduation rates, benchmark test scores and other data. Also considered are student characteristics such as race/ethnicity, enrollment, turnover rate, grade cluster and percentage of the population that’s disabled, economically disadvantaged and English language learners.
The report shows how similar schools compare in performance, and about 40 percent of schools “beat the odds” each year, according to the student achievement office. This metric is another way to “identify areas of opportunity” for schools, and it can be used as a “second look” for schools that don’t meet CCRPI targets, Houston Superintendent Mark Scott said.
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