Academic Achievement
The Board of Education recognizes that each student is an individual with unique needs and abilities. The Board recognizes that acceleration choices need to provide ability-level acceleration opportunities for students in Kindergarten through eighth grade. Kindergarten students will be eligible for all acceleration choices except grade accelerations.
K-5 Acceleration Choices
The accelerated choices include the following: academic mentoring, curriculum compacting, continuous progress, self-paced instruction, subject matter acceleration and grade acceleration. The Superintendent shall develop administrative rules with appropriate staff to provide for a fair and equitable process for student acceleration. This process shall include recommendations by the teacher, parent and administrator as well as performance on portfolio data, which includes ITBS scores, CogAT scores, accelerated reader level and/or developmental reading assessment (DRA), Lexile level, Lexile score, writing samples, mathematics work samples, and a reading list. Kindergarten students will need to have completed the Georgia Kindergarten Assessment (Windows 1 and 2) as a part of their portfolio.
Grades 6-8 Acceleration Choices
The accelerated choices include the following: academic mentoring, curriculum compacting, independent project-based study, subject matter acceleration and grade acceleration. The Superintendent shall develop administrative rules with appropriate staff to provide for a fair and equitable process for student acceleration. This process shall include recommendations by the teacher, parent and administrator as well as performance on portfolio data, which includes ITBS scores, CogAT scores, writing samples, and mathematics work samples. The work samples should include Application Connection Extension (ACE) activities and the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) tasks.
The Superintendent will provide for appropriate evaluation and follow up on each student’s progress by accelerated choice and require an annual summary of progress for distribution to the Board of Education.
Legal References
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0154 — Remedial education program (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0244 — Waiver requests by a local board of education; requirements for application for waiver; period of waiver; blanket waivers (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0282 — Georgia Academic Placement and Promotion Policy (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0283 — Georgia Academic Placement and Promotion Policy-Criteria; specific requirements for students in grades three, five and eight; implementation (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0284 — Criteria for local boards of education; model placement and promotion policy (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-02-0741 — Positive behavioral interventions and supports (PBIS) and response to intervention (RTI) (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-03-0496 — Definitions. Realizing Educational Achievement Can Happen (REACH) Scholarship Program. (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-03-0497 — Establishment of REACH scholarship; student requirements. (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-14-0025 — Office of Student Achievement-Creation; director; authority; seal; administrative assignment (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-14-0036 — Written procedures; training for conducting on-site audits (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-14-0043 — Chief Turnaround Officer; qualifications; duties (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-14-0044 — Turnaround coaches; role (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-14-0045 — Turnaround eligible schools defined; role of local boards of education (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-14-0046 — On-site diagnostic review by third-party specialist; development of intensive school improvement plan (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-14-0047 — Individual assessments of low performing students in turnaround eligible schools (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-14-0048 — Resources and supports for turnaround eligible schools (Lexis)
- O.C.G.A. 20-14-0049 — Failure to progress after implementation of intensive school improvement plan; interventions (Lexis)
- Rule 160-5-1-.33 — Strategic Waivers and Title 20/No Waivers School Systems
- Rule 160-4-2-.11 — Promotion, Placement, and Retention
- Rule 160-7-1-.01 — Single Statewide Accountability System
- Rule 160-4-5-.01 — Remedial Education
- Rule 160-4-2-.14 — Instructional Extension
- 20 USC 6301 — Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Statement of Purpose
- 20 USC 6318 — Parent and family engagement
- 20 USC 7101 — ESEA: 21st Century Schools-General Provisions
- 20 USC 7116 — 21st Century Schools-Local educational agency applications