The
Governor’s Office of Student Achievement (GOSA) announced this year that 130
Georgia public schools in 55 districts have earned 2019 Greatest Gains school
awards based on their performance on the Single Statewide Accountability System. Three of those schools are right here in
Savannah-Chatham County with Savannah Arts Academy earning a Gold level award,
Savannah Early College a Bronze and Johnson High School a Silver level award. Greatest
Gains schools must earn a three-year average College and Career Ready
Performance Index Progress Score that ranks in at least the 93rd percentile.
Awards
are also given in the Highest Performing category to schools earning a
three-year average College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) Content
Mastery Score that ranks in at least the 93rd percentile. Savannah Arts Academy was one of 105 schools
across 19 districts in the state awarded that distinction, earning a Silver
level award. Only 46 schools in 14
districts were named award winners in both categories.
