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  1. 2. - Academic Knowledge & Skills is aligned to the state-adopted Georgia Standards of Excellence in Language Arts (K-12), Mathematics (K-12), and literacy standards for Science, Social Studies, and Technical Education for middle and high school students. The Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) are in place for other content areas. Netting's AKS is a rigorous curriculum that prepares students for college and 21st century careers in a globally competitive future.
  2. 3. - Common Core Standards Common Core Standards The Common Core State Standards drafting process relied on teachers and standards experts from across the country
  3. 4. – GA Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills is a year-long, performance-based assessment aligned to the state mandated content standards. The goal of the assessment program is to provide teachers with information about the level of instructional support needed by individual students entering kindergarten and first grade.
  4. 6. One Schools Title 1 funds aim to bridge the gap between low-income students and other students. The U.S. Department of Education provides supplemental funding to local school districts to meet the needs of at-risk and low-income students.
  5. 9. is a special-education worker who is not licensed to teach, but performs many duties both individually with students and organizationally in the classroom.
  6. 11. unique yearly targets in reading and mathematics for each subgroup, school and district, as described in Washington’s Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility Request.
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  1. 1. - Georgia Standards of Excellence is a free, public website providing information and resources necessary to help meet the educational needs of students. The goal of this web site is to provide information that will enhance and support teaching and learning of Georgia standards.
  2. 2. gap refers to the disparity in academic performance between groups of students. The achievement gap shows up in grades, standardized-test scores, course selection, dropout rates, and college-completion rates, among other success measures
  3. 5. BROAD Prize was created to recognize the public school systems that show the greatest academic performance and improvement while reducing achievement gaps among low-income students and students of color.
  4. 7. – Georgia Department of Education Georgia Department of Education
  5. 8. - adequate yearly progress is a measurement defined by the United States Federal No Child Left Behind Act that allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country is performing academically according to results on standardized tests.
  6. 10. - Race to the Top Through Race to the Top, the Department ask states to advance reforms around four specific areas