Presenters:

Dr. Peggy Connell, Chief Academic Officer

Mr. Keith Seifert, Director of Secondary Education

Dr. Tina Cross, Teacher on Assignment

Ms. Suzanne Evans, Instructional Specialist

Participating School Districts

Muscogee County School District

Dalton City School District

Whitfield County School District

GHSGT

What’s that?

GHSGT

“How’s that work’n for ya?”

Dr. Phil

2006, BellSouth Foundation issued an RFP to members of the Superintendents Leadership Network The RFP specified district collaboration on specific common need

Districts coordinate with the state-led virtual school

Create a program for underserved students support success in the 21st century.

Increase the number of underserved students passing the GHSGT in the areas of science and social studies

Insure that students are thoroughly versed in test taking skills

Increase the graduation rate among minority, at-risk, and special needs students

Develop a program that can be adopted statewide for the benefit of all Georgia students.

Cooperation among districts with complementary strengths

On –line, interactive, easy access for students, randomly generated test from large bank of questions, instruction cards

Low cost hosting

Teacher access to the site to enable teachers to monitor use

Identification of areas where students experienced difficulty

Created by highly experienced, successful teachers

750 students were be selected for participation

PERCENTAGE OF AT-RISK JUNIORS WHO PASSED THE GHSGT IN SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES

AFTER USING THE PROGRAM

77%

90%100%

100%

70%

85%

93%

91% 84%

86%

84%

91%

MCSD 1st Time Pass-RateSocial Studies – 86%Science – 84%

SENIORS WHO PASSED THE GHSGT AFTER USING THE

REVIEW PROGRAM

n/a

100%

87%

100% 100%100% 100%

56%

44%

80%

30%

56%

Number of Students and Login Data By School

Carver - 100 Students, 2064 Logins Hardaway - 66 Students, 440 Logins Northside - 66 Students, 298 Logins Shaw - 46 Students, 82 Logins Columbus - 42 Students, 248 Logins Kendrick - 25 Students, 65 Logins Whitfield County - 279 Students, 4562 Logins

* 16,729 total logins

1)Endorsement by school district administrators

2)Active buy-in and participation by students, teachers, and administrators

3)If the program is hosted on a server, clear and precise instructions on both the server and in hard copy form

Study strategies section effective for a wide range of grades and courses

Science portion also highly effective for Biology and Physical Science EOCT in high school

Social Studies portion also highly effective for US History and World History

Georgia Criterion Reference test (CRCT)

Muscogee County Educational Excellence Foundation

Research of other funding sources

only financial requirement is the hosting of the course

Foresight indicated that budget cuts might provide a challenge to funding

the on-line course provided by interactive CD

CD version of course is/can be hosted on school district’s web site, public library, civic organizations, etc.

Copies of the CD are available

upon request.

Contact Information:

Dr. Peggy Connell...... pconnell@mcsdga.net

Mr. Keith Seifert........ kseifert@mcsdga.net

Dr. Tina Cross............ tcross@mcsdga.net

Ms. Suzanne Evans ....sevans@mcsdga.net