Across
- 2. a comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform for all educational stakeholders that will promote college and career readiness for all Georgia public school students
- 5. co-created benchmarks of nonprofit governance, finance, fundraising, and public communication
- 8. in education refers to the disparity in academic performance between groups of students
- 10. a corporate body that oversees and manages a public school district's affairs, personnel, and properties
- 12. passed as a part of United States President Lyndon B. Johnson's "War on Poverty" and has been the most far-reaching federal legislation affecting education ever passed by the United States Congress
Down
- 1. referring to an individual who works closely with a certified classroom teacher to provide additional assistance to students
- 3. an educational initiative that details what K–12 students throughout the United States should know in English language arts and mathematics at the conclusion of each grade
- 4. made available to eligible children with disabilities in mandatory age ranges residing in the state
- 5. one of the cornerstones of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. It is a measure of year-to-year student achievement on statewide assessments
- 6. This supplemental money assists schools in meeting the educational goals of low-income and at-risk students so they can continue to be successful in the future
- 7. The $4.35 billion Race to the Top Fund is the largest-ever federal competitive investment in school reform
- 9. A goal that a state sets each year to define a minimum percentage of students who must meet or exceed standards on its academic assessments
- 11. The performance standards provide clear expectations for instruction, assessment, and student work
- 13. 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