SUCCEEDING ON THE GHSGT
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Transcript of SUCCEEDING ON THE GHSGT
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...... [email protected]
Mr. Keith Seifert........ [email protected]
Dr. Tina Cross............ [email protected]
Ms. Suzanne Evans [email protected]