Title I Distinguished and Reward Schools Program
To
reward successful schools and school districts for significant progress in
improving student achievement and/or significant progress in closing the
achievement gap, the Georgia Department of Education (Department) honors K–12
Title I schools and school districts for significant progress in improving
student achievement and/or making significant progress in closing the
achievement gap.
The
Title I Achievement Awards program recognizes and honors three categories of schools: Title I Distinquished Schools, Title I Reward Schools, and National Title I Distinguished Schools.
TITLE I DISTINGUISHED SCHOOLS
A Title I Distinguished School is a Title I school among the top 5% Schoolwide
and top 5% Targeted Assisted Title I schools in the state that have the
highest absolute performance for the all-students group based on the
current statewide assessment. A school may not be classified as a Title I
Reward School if it is also identified as a Targeted School of Improvement
(TSI), a Comprehensive School of Improvement (CSI) or a
Promise/Turn-around School.
Data Determination for List of Title I Distinguished Schools (Beginning 2019)
- Count the number of Title I schools (SWP and TA
separately) in the state for the previous school year.
- Multiply the number of Title I schools (SWP
and TA separately) in the state for the previous school year by 5-percent.
- The resulting value is the number of Title I
schools (SWP and TA separately) in the state that are to be identified as
Distinguished Schools.
- Rank the Title I schools (SWP and TA
separately) based on the single assessment score results from highest
achievement to lowest achievement.
- Remove schools from the list of schools that
have been identified as CSI, TSI, or Promise/Turnaround Schools.
- Identify the top 5-percent of Title I schools in
any given fiscal year as Title I Distinguished Schools.
A Title I Reward School is a Title I
school among the 5-percent of Title I schools in the state that is making
the most progress in improving the performance of the all-students group
over the most recent two years on the statewide assessments. A
school may not be classified as a Title I Reward School if it is also
identified as a Targeted School of Improvement (TSI), a Comprehensive
School of Improvement (CSI) or a Promise/Turn-around School.
Data Determination for List of Title I Reward Schools (Beginning 2020)
- Count the number of Title I schools in the state
for the previous school year.
- Multiply the number of Title I schools in
the state for the previous school year by
5-percent.
- The resulting value is the number of Title I
schools in the state that are to be identified as Title I Reward Schools.
- At the school level, aggregate the
all-student and subgroup achievement results based on assessment data from
the previous two-years for all End-of-Course Tests (EOCTs), all Georgia
Milestones Assessments, and Georgia Alternate Assessments (GAAs).
For a group (all-students as well as the remaining nine traditional
subgroups) to be considered in the calculations, the group must meet the
minimum n size of 15, where each member of the group has a valid
assessment for each content area.
- Rank the schools based on the greatest
amount of progress.
- Remove schools from the list of schools that
have been identified as CSI, TSI, or Promise/Turnaround Schools.
- Identify the top 5-percent of Title I schools in
any given fiscal year as Title I Reward Schools.
TITLE I NATIONAL DISTINGUISHED SCHOOLS
A Title I National Distinguished School is
one of two schools selected from the SWP Title I Schools identified Title
I Distinguished Schools described above. All the SWP Title I
Distinguished Schools will be invited to make application for the National
recognition.
Data Determination for Georgia's Two National Title I Distinguished Schools (Beginning 2020)
- Invite all SWP Title I Schools identified as
Distinguished (State level) Schools to make application for National
Distinguished recognition.
- Applications received will be numbered and
redacted to provide complete anonymity to all readers/scorers.
- Received applications will be read blindly
by a minimum of four readers and the average of those four scores for
initiative numbers 1 and 2 will be added to the other qualifying criteria
(CCRPI score for the current year, growth from previous year CCRPI and
most recent CCRPI score, and poverty percentage of the school’s
population). Scores received for initiative number 3 will be used as
a tie-breaker, if the need arises.
- The top two resulting schools will be named as
Georgia’s representatives for the National Distinguished School Award
sponsored by the National Association of ESSA State Program Administrators
(NAESPA)
RECOGNITION
Georgia will recognize its Title I Distinguished and
Reward schools each year. The Title I
Distinguished schools will receive a reward certificate, a recognition flag,
and listing on the Title I Website. The
two schools recognized as Georgia’s National Distinguished Schools will receive
$20,000 from state Title I funds to facilitate travel to the NAESPA National
Conference to participate in the National Distinguished School Recognition
Ceremony. The two nationally identified
schools may also receive recognition paraphernalia (flags, certificates, etc.)
from the NAESPA organization. The Reward
schools will receive a reward certificate and listing on the Title I Website.
Title I Distinguished Schools
FY19
Title I Reward Schools
Title I National Distinguished Schools
FY19
FY20
Previous Year's Academic Achievement Schools
A list of all previous year's academic achievement schools can be located
Here.