Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 160 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Chapter 160-7 › Subject 160-7-1 - STATEWIDE ACCOUNTABILITY › Rule 160-7-1-.01 - Single Statewide Accountability System

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
DEFINITIONS.
(a)
Accountability Profile -
a
				publicly published report that provides a summary of a school's and local
				educational agency's (LEA's) performance.
(b)
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) -
a federally mandated component of the Accountability Profile based on a
				series of performance goals and second indicators that every school, LEA, and
				state must achieve within specified timeframes.
(c)
AYP Workbook -
the document
				that is officially known as the
Consolidated State Application
				Accountability Workbook
. Each state annually submits to the United
				States Department of Education (US ED) its workbook describing how AYP
				determinations will be calculated and how the state will comply with ESEA as
				amended.
(d)
Comprehensive
				LEA Improvement Plan (CLIP) -
a document developed by an LEA, and
				approved by the Georgia Department of Education, to serve as a blueprint for
				guiding the LEA's continuous improvement and progress toward identified LEA,
				school, and student achievement objectives and targets.
(e)
Elementary and Secondary Education
				Act as amended (ESEA as amended) -
the federal education statute,
				originally passed by the U. S. Congress in 1965, that defines the role of the
				federal government in public education and authorizes many of the major federal
				education programs, including Title I. This Act was reauthorized by Congress in
				2001 as the No Child Left Behind Act.
(f)
Georgia Department of Education
				(GaDOE) -
the state agency charged with the fiscal and administrative
				management of certain aspects of K-12 public education, including the
				implementation of federal and state mandates. Such management is subject to
				supervision and oversight by the State Board of Education.
(g)
Local Educational Agency (LEA) -
local school system pursuant to local board of education control and
				management.
(h)
LEA
				Corrective Action Addendum
- an addendum of a Comprehensive LEA
				Improvement Plan (CLIP) required of all LEAs that reach Needs Improvement Year
				3.
(i)
Needs Improvement -
the identification for a school or LEA that has not made AYP for two or
				more consecutive years in the same subject or second indicator for schools and
				in the same subject or second indicator for elementary, middle and high school
				grade spans for LEAs.
(j)
Office of Student Achievement (OSA) -
the Georgia state agency
				mandated by state law to create a uniform performance-based accountability
				system for K-12 public schools that incorporates both state and federal
				mandates, including student and school performance standards.
(k)
Performance Highlights -
the
				component of the Accountability Profile that utilizes data from the State
				Report Card to recognize each school and LEA for top indicators based on key
				variables related to student achievement.
(l)
Performance Index -
the
				measure of a school's or LEA's current year academic achievement or its gain
				over the previous year's performance.
(m)
School Improvement Fieldbook
- a guide, published by the GaDOE, to assist with school improvement
				planning and implementation of focused, research-based strategies to increase
				the opportunity for schools to make AYP.
(n)
Scientifically-based research -
research that involves the application of rigorous, systematic, and
				objective procedures to obtain reliable and valid knowledge relevant to
				education activities and programs. Such research must (1) employ systematic,
				empirical methods that draw on observations or experiments; (2) involve
				rigorous data analysis to support hypothesis testing and to justify conclusions
				drawn; (3) rely on reliable and valid measurement or observation methods; (4)
				be evaluated using experimental and quasi-experimental designs; (5) ensure
				completeness, clarity, and level of detail to allow for replication and
				generalization; and (6) have been accepted by a peer-reviewed journal or
				approved by an independent panel of experts through a comparable rigorous,
				objective, and scientific review.
(o)
Single Statewide Accountability
				System (SSAS) -
the statewide accountability system adopted by the State
				Board of Education that includes indicators reflecting both absolute and
				relative progress determinations. The SSAS merges both federal and state
				education laws that relate to K-12 school accountability for student academic
				performance.
(p)
State Board
				of Education (SBOE
) - the constitutional authority which defines
				education policy for the public K-12 education agencies in Georgia.
(q)
State Report Card -
the
				official report card for Georgia's K-12 public schools that includes an annual
				report prepared by GaDOE and published by OSA for each school, system, and the
				state, which is published for use by education stakeholders.