School-Based Teams to Create Individual Plans for Student Remediation Atlanta Public Schools (APS) will provide ongoing remediation for students impacted by cheating on the 2009 Criterion Referenced Competency Test (CRCT). In a presentation to the Atlanta Board of Education on June 1, 2015, the District’s Chief Accountability and Information Officer, Bill Caritj, shared that an […]
Burgess-Peterson Academy achieved the highest value-added academic growth of any public or charter elementary school in Atlanta Public School (APS) for the 2012-2013 school year. Additionally, of all APS elementary schools, Burgess-Peterson achieved the highest average months of learning, averaging approximately 13 months of learning during the nine month academic year. Burgess-Peterson is the highest […]
On April 22, 2012, a day before the CRCT, Thomasville turned up their school spirit to motivate students as they prepared to take the CRCT. Pep rallies are not uncommon before the CRCT, but Thomasville Heights took it to another level this year. For starters, teachers creatively decorated 5 panels in front of the school […]
Superintendent Errol B. Davis Jr. reflects on the CRCT indictments, ethics, Atlanta Public Schools and its students, faculty and staff moving forward.
CNN Article: Atlanta Schools Head Looks Beyond Cheating Scandal
A letter today from Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent, to Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Erroll Davis confirmed that contrary to previous news reports, the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) has no intention of taking over local control of any APS schools. APS leadership has been in direct contact with their counterparts at the […]
Superintendent Erroll Davis has appointed 21 district employees as elementary and middle school principals with Atlanta Public Schools. Filling vacancies left void by school leaders named in the recent state led CRCT report, the principals attended a leadership institute this week, and will begin serving in their respective schools immediately. The following interim principals have […]
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Board of Education approved personnel changes recommended by Interim Superintendent Erroll B. Davis Jr. in response to the state CRCT investigation report that replaced the regional leadership for APS schools, along with a principal at one of the district’s year-round schools that begins classes for the new school year Wednesday. The […]
ATLANTA – The Atlanta Board of Education this afternoon voted to extend Interim Superintendent Erroll B. Davis’ employment contract to one year, following his presentation to them of an initial action plan to address the issues raised in the state CRCT investigation report. Davis, who became interim superintendent last Friday, is now scheduled to […]
ATLANTA — Atlanta Public Schools has developed an initial plan for responding to the results of the state CRCT investigation report that includes a wide range of actions intended to prevent recurrences of testing improprieties. The plan includes: Moving the district’s Office of Internal Resolution (OIR) from Human Resources to Internal Audits, which reports […]