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Milestones/EOC @ Riverwood • 2014-2015 Results • Moving forward for 2015-2016 Riverwood School Governance Council December 8, 2015 Robert Shaw, Ed.D Principal

Milestones Test The Georgia Milestones Assessment System (Georgia Milestones) is a comprehensive summative assessment program spanning grades 3 through high school. Georgia Milestones measures how well students have learned the knowledge and skills outlined in the state-adopted content standards in language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Students in grades 3 through 8 will take an end-of-grade assessment in each content area, while high school students will take an end-of-course assessment for each of the eight courses designated by the State Board of Education. Features the Georgia Milestone Assessment System include: • open-ended (constructed-response) items in language arts and mathematics (all grades and courses); • a writing component (in response to passages read by students) at every grade level and course within the language arts assessment; • norm-referenced items in all content areas and courses, to complement the criterion- referenced information and to provide a national comparison; and • transition to online administration over time, with online administration considered the primary mode of administration and paper-penc ​ il as back-up until the transition is complete.

Georgia Milestones Guiding principles stipulate that Georgia Milestones:  be sufficiently rigorous to ensure Georgia students are well positioned to compete with other students across the United States and internationally;  be intentionally designed across grade levels to send a clear signal of student progress/growth and preparedness for the next level, be it the next grade level, course, or college or career;  be accessible to all students, including those with disabilities or limited English proficiency, at all achievement levels;  support and inform educator effectiveness initiatives, ensuring items and forms are appropriately sensitive to quality instructional practices; and  accelerate the transition to online administration, allowing – over time – for the inclusion of innovative technology-enhanced items.

Georgia Milestones Comprehensive – single program, not series of tests (e.g., CRCT; EOCT; WA); formative assessment tools to compliment summative Coherent – consistent expectations and rigor to position Georgia students to compete with peers nationally and internationally – consistent signal about student preparedness for the next level, be it the next grade, course, or college/career – consistent signal about student achievement both within system (across grades and courses) and with external measures (NAEP; PSAT; SAT; ACT) Consolidated – combine reading, language arts, and writing into a single measure to align to the standards

What is Milestones? • Language Arts – Ninth Grade Literature and Composition – American Literature and Composition • Mathematics – Algebra I (Beginning Winter 2015) – Geometry (Beginning Winter 2015) – Coordinate Algebra – Analytic Geometry • Science – Biology – Physical Science​ • ​Social Studies – United States History – Economics/Business/Free Enterprise From GaDoe.org

The decisions of the United States Supreme Court in Miranda v. Arizona , Gideon v. Wainwright , and Escobedo v. Illinois all advanced the 1. voting rights of minorities 2. guarantees of free speech and press 3. principle of separation of church and state 4. rights of accused persons EOCT Question

Which of these was a goal of the Monroe Doctrine of 1823? A to prevent southern states from seceding from the Union B to restrict European interference in the Western Hemisphere C to relocate Native American peoples west of the Mississippi River D to resolve anti-Federalist concerns over the power of the federal government The Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona (1966) had the GREATEST effect on the application of which of these constitutional amendments? A 1st Amendment B 4th Amendment C 5th Amendment D 10th Amendment Milestones/EOC Question

Milestones @ Riverwood 15-14 The 14- 15 test was a baseline test. Student results were not used as 20% of the student’s course grade. While there was not an “opt - out” process, Riverwood and Fulton Schools respected a parent’s desire to remove a student from the testing environment Several hundred students brought in notes or had their parents send email asking them not to be tested. Some students opted out of Milestones testing having already completed the first section of the test Information was shared with parent groups, SGC meetings, and in communication that while 14- 15 Milestone results would not count as a part of a student’s course grade, the results would count towards Riverwood’s rating from the Georgia Department of Education (CCRPI) It is the belief of the Riverwood leadership that these results do not indicate an accurate assessment of what our student’s learned during the 14 -15 school year From GaDoe.org

Number of RICS Students Tested Compared to District Average Subject Avg Tested RICS Tested Diff 9th Lit 404 252 -152 Am Lit 318 88 -230 Coordinate Algebra 347 297 -50 Analytic Geometry 368 270 -98 Biology 391 357 -34 Physical Science 212 121 -91 US History 290 116 -174 Economics 184 224 40 This chart compares the average number of students tested in a subject at Fulton High Schools compared with how many students Riverwood tested.

Subject Scale Score and Number Tested Compared to District Average District Average Scale Score Compared to RICS Average Subject District Average RICS Average Diff 9th Lit 516 521 5 Am Lit 517 484 -33 Coordinate Algebra 518 477 -41 Analytic Geometry 521 484 -37 Biology 518 493 -25 Physical Science 500 454 -46 US History 522 489 -33 Economics 515 473 -42

Subject Scale Score and Number Tested Compared to State Average State Average Scale Score Compared to RICS Average Subject State Average RICS Average Diff 9th Lit 510 521 11 Am Lit 509 484 -25 Coordinate Algebra 507 477 -30 Analytic Geometry 499 484 -15 Biology 508 493 -15 Physical Science 500 454 -46 US History 514 489 -25 Economics 508 473 -35

9th Lit 2015 Milestones Results School # Students Scale Score Alpharetta 501 560 Northview 485 551 Johns Creek 501 550 Fulton Science 92 547 Chattahoochee 451 539 Roswell 502 528 Cambridge 471 526 Riverwood 252 521 Centennial 471 520 Milton 517 520 North Springs 432 517 Hapeville Charter 178 504 Westlake 555 504 Langston Hughes 546 483 Creekside 427 478 TriCities 465 475 Banneker 406 468 McClarin 27 417 Independence na

Am Lit 2015 Milestones Results School # Students Scale Score Fulton Science 42 560 Northview 512 555 Alpharetta 486 554 Chattahoochee 415 542 Johns Creek 478 541 Roswell 440 533 Cambridge 454 529 North Springs 343 518 Centennial 416 508 Westlake 454 500 Langston Hughes 391 498 Milton 310 496 Hapeville Charter 163 493 Creekside 301 485 Independence 48 485 Riverwood 88 484 TriCities 378 479 Banneker 277 469 McClarin 42 441

Coordinate Algebra School # Students Scale Score Johns Creek 403 560 Northview 323 546 Chattahoochee 372 543 Alpharetta 419 543 Milton 424 532 Fulton Science 73 529 Cambridge 386 527 Roswell 435 527 Centennial 461 506 North Springs 392 498 Westlake 580 492 Independence 14 486 Riverwood 297 477 Hapeville Charter 177 473 Langston Hughes 601 470 TriCities 418 469 Creekside 430 467 Banneker 359 458 McClarin 32 434

Analytic Geometry School #Students Scale Score Northview 472 603 Johns Creek 474 569 Chattahoochee 476 559 Fulton Science 65 559 Roswell 498 557 Alpharetta 475 552 Cambridge 468 547 Milton 413 537 Centennial 461 521 North Springs 428 511 Westlake 585 496 Riverwood 270 484 Independence 30 471 TriCities 408 468 Creekside 417 466 Langston Hughes 577 462 Banneker 290 459 Hapeville Charter 165 453 McClarin 28 44

Biology School # Students Scale Score Northview 482 571 Chattahoochee 429 570 Johns Creek 508 566 Alpharetta 511 563 Milton 529 561 Fulton Science 97 558 Cambridge 466 550 Roswell 458 549 Centennial 487 520 North Springs 445 514 Independence 14 495 Riverwood 357 493 Westlake 576 485 Langston Hughes 573 469 TriCities 497 464 Hapeville Charter 142 460 Creekside 441 452 Banneker 390 447 McClarin 24 435

Physical Science School # Students Scale Score Fulton Science 25 583 Northview 178 516 Milton 251 511 Johns Creek 147 504 Cambridge 231 498 Centennial 314 491 Independence 16 490 Chattahoochee 138 488 Roswell 224 483 Westlake 364 483 Alpharetta 166 482 Hapeville Charter 314 457 Banneker 274 454 Creekside 330 454 Riverwood 121 454 TriCities 267 449 Langston Hughes 423 445 McClarin 25 442 North Springs na