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Georgia's Single Statewide Accountability System (SSAS) includes an Accountability Profile for every public school and school system in the state. The Accountability Profile is composed of:

  1. An absolute performance determination, based on Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).
  2. A Performance Index based on annual growth in academic achievement as measured by statewide assessments.
  3. Performance Highlights which provide recognition for schools and school systems based on academic related indicators.

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)

AYP under No Child Left Behind is more stringent than AYP under previous laws. AYP now requires schools to meet criteria in three areas: Test Participation (for both Mathematics and Reading/English Language Arts), Academic Performance (for both Mathematics and Reading/English Language Arts), and a Second Indicator, which for Eighth Street Middle School is Attendance Rate.

School met AYP
School met criteria in 14 out of 14 areas
Title I School
Improvement Status: Distinguished

 

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Test Participation

Each school (or system) as a whole and all student groups with at least 40 members must have a participation rate of 95% or above on selected state assessments in Reading/English Language Arts and Mathematics.

  Eighth Street Tift Schools
  CRCT Mathematics CRCT Reading/English Language Arts CRCT Mathematics CRCT Reading/English Language Arts
2010 Participation Rate 100% 99.4% 100% 99.7%
2009 Participation Rate 100% 100.0% 99.9% 99.9%
2008 Participation Rate 100% 99.6% 99.9% 99.8%
Test Participation Rate Achieved? Y Y Y Y

Academic Performance

Each school (or system) as a whole and each student group with at least 40 members must meet or exceed the State’s Annual Measurable Objective (AMO) regarding the percentage of students scoring proficient or advanced on selected state assessments in Reading/English Language Arts and Mathematics.

  Eighth Street Tift Schools
  CRCT Mathematics CRCT Reading/English Language Arts CRCT Mathematics CRCT Reading/English Language Arts
Basic/Does Not Meet 19.2% 8.4% 20.6% 8.6%
Proficient/Meets 54.2% 63.6% 51.7% 62.0%
Advanced/Exceeds 26.6% 28.0% 27.7% 29.4%
Meets + Exceeds 80.8% 91.6% 79.4% 91.4%
Meets + Exceeds >=  67.6% (math) & 73.3% (rdg/ELA) Y Y Y Y

Attendance Rate

Each school (or system) as a whole must meet the standard or show progress on an additional indicator; for Tift Schools, the additional indicators are Graduation Rate and Attendance Rate To achieve AYP, the graduation rate must be greater or equal to 60%, or must have improved over the previous year. The absentee rate must be less than 15%, or must have improved over the previous year.

  Eighth Street Tift Schools
2010 Absent Over 15 Days Rate  10.6% 8.1%
2009 Absent Over 15 Days Rate  13.4% 8.1%
2008 Absent Over 15 Days Rate  10.6% 9.6%
Current Year <= 15% or Progress? Y Y