When it comes to the new Georgia Milestones Assessment System student performance methodology, teachers at the Coweta Charter Academy at Senoia (CCAS) and CCAS parents could not be happier.
Student scores in math, science, English Language Arts (ELA)and social studies topped scores in the Coweta County School System and statewide marks in many grade categories, said Principal Gene Dunn.
The new and more stringent statewide system has replaced previous assessment methodologies such as the CRCT (Criterion-Reference Competency Tests) that used less specific ratings.
So where does the Coweta Charter Academy at Senoia stand?
In math, CCAS students in third grade averaged 86 points in the Milestones system. Coweta students also scored an 86 while students statewide scored 79. In fourth grade math, CCAS students scored an 89, compared to the 85 scored by other Coweta County students and an 80 for the statewide score. CCAS fifth grade math students scored a 96 while Coweta students scored 80 and students statewide scored 75. CCAS students in sixth grade scored 79 while Coweta students scored 81 and students statewide scored 75. Math scores for seventh grade students totaled 81 with Coweta students scoring 84 and students statewide scoring 75.
In science, third graders at CCAS scored an 87 compared to the 81 tallied in Coweta and 76 statewide. The score in fourth grade science at CCAS totaled 85, with Coweta scoring 75 and students across the state scoring 71. CCAS fifth graders scored far above their peers with a 90, while Coweta students scored 75 and students statewide scored 70. CCAS sixth graders in science scored lower than Coweta students. The CCAS score was 60 compared to the 70 obtained by Coweta students and a score of 65 statewide. And in seventh grade science, CCAS students scored 62 compared to the 72 mark hit by Coweta students and 65 statewide.
In ELA, CCAS students came out on top in each grade level.
Students in third grade hit 88 points compared to the 72 scored by Coweta students and 67 scored by students statewide. CCAS fourth graders scored an 83 while Coweta students scored 73 and statewide students scored 71. The situation was even better in fifth grade, with CCAS students scoring 92 and Coweta students scoring 76. Students statewide in fifth grade ELA scored 73. In sixth grade ELA, CCAS scored 82 compared to a score of 74 across Coweta and 69 statewide. In seventh grade ELA, CCAS scored 79, Coweta scored 76 and students statewide scored 70.
In social studies, CCAS students also topped students in Coweta and those statewide in three grade levels.
CCAS third graders scored 88 while Coweta students scored 79 and students statewide scored 74. CCAS fourth graders in social studies scored 89 compared to a 75 for other Coweta students and 71 statewide. In fifth grade, CCAS scored 93 while Coweta scored 78 and the statewide score was 75. CCAS sixth graders scored 70 compared to a score of 79 for Coweta students and a score of 71 for students statewide. And in seventh grade social studies, CCAS scored 70, Coweta students scored 78 and students statewide scored 72.
In another matter related to the school, CCAS recently announced that it is the first charter school district in the state of Georgia to receive the designation as a Title I Reward District.
“The ‘Reward District’ designation is awarded to school systems with the highest absolute performance over three years for the ‘all students’ group on the statewide assessments, among districts of their size,” Dunn said.
