Info Meeting Thursday on GA Student Growth Model Report

From Forsyth County Schools

Forsyth County Schools will be hosting an additional informational meeting regarding the new Georgia Student Growth Model (GSGM) Report on Thursday night in the Piney Grove Middle School cafeteria.

The 6:30-7:30 p.m. meeting will center on the report, which provides information regarding academic progress during the 2012-2013 school year for students in grades 4 through 12.

Georgia’s growth model has been in development for several years and, as educators, we have been taking advantage of this new information to improve your student’s educational experience. This report represents yet another way in which Georgia is seeking to improve the level of student achievement across our state. 

This GSGM Report will provide you with Student Growth Percentiles (SGPs). SGPs describe how much academic progress your student made relative to other students across Georgia with the same achievement history from one state assessment to the next.

This provides you with an apples-to-apples comparison on how much growth your student demonstrated, relative to other students who started in the same place. With this model, all students have the ability to demonstrate all levels of growth. This means that we are able to not only identify low-achieving students who are making progress towards meeting expectations, but we are also able to identify high-achieving students who could challenge themselves further.

There are several resources available to assist you with understanding these new reports. On gsgm.gadoe.org you will find sample CRCT and EOCT student growth reports and videos to assist you with interpreting these reports.

Additional resources, such as an animated introduction to SGPs, will be available in the near future.