Six APS Schools Named Highest Performing and High Progress Schools

This week, the Georgia Department of Education announced APS schools that have received the distinction of Highest Performing and High Progress Schools.

Congratulations to Inman Middle School and Carver Early College, named “Highest Performing” schools.

A “Highest-Performing School” is a Title I school among the 5% of Title I schools in the State that has the highest absolute performance over three years for the “all students” group on the statewide assessments.   A Highest-Performing School must have made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for the “all students” group and all of its subgroups in 2011.  A school may not be classified as a Highest-Performing School if there are significant achievement gaps across subgroups that are not closing in the school.

High Progress Schools include South Atlanta Law and Social Justice, BEST Academy Middle, Washington HS (Senior Academy) and Drew Charter School.

A “High-Progress School” is a Title I school among the 10% of Title I  schools in the State that is making the most progress in improving the performance of the “all students” group over three years on the statewide assessments.  A school may not be classified as a High-Progress School if there are significant achievement gaps across subgroups that are not closing in the school.

As part of Georgia’s ESEA flexibility waiver that was approved by the United States Department of Education (US ED) on February 9, 2012, states are required to identify Priority, Focus, and Reward Schools as part of the next generation of accountability.

Congratulations to all of our schools who met these important milestones.