Presenters: Dr. Peggy Connell, Chief Academic Officer Mr. Keith Seifert, Director of Secondary Education Dr. Tina Cross, Teacher on Assignment Ms. Suzanne Evans, Instructional Specialist

Participating School Districts Muscogee County School District Dalton City School District Whitfield County School District

GHSGT What’s that?

GHSGT “How’s that work’n for ya?” Dr. Phil

 2006, BellSouth Foundation issued an RFP to members of the Superintendents Leadership Network  The RFP specified district collaboration on specific common need  Districts coordinate with the state-led virtual school  Create a program for underserved students support success in the 21 st century.

Increase the number of underserved students passing the GHSGT in the areas of science and social studies Insure that students are thoroughly versed in test taking skills Increase the graduation rate among minority, at-risk, and special needs students Develop a program that can be adopted statewide for the benefit of all Georgia students.

Cooperation among districts with complementary strengths On –line, interactive, easy access for students, randomly generated test from large bank of questions, instruction cards Low cost hosting Teacher access to the site to enable teachers to monitor use Identification of areas where students experienced difficulty Created by highly experienced, successful teachers 750 students were be selected for participation

PERCENTAGE OF AT-RISK JUNIORS WHO PASSED THE GHSGT IN SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES AFTER USING THE PROGRAM 77% 90% 100% 70% 85% 93% 91% 84% 86% 84% 91% MCSD 1 st Time Pass-Rate Social Studies – 86% Science – 84%

SENIORS WHO PASSED THE GHSGT AFTER USING THE REVIEW PROGRAM n/a 100% 87% 100% 56% 44% 80% 30% 56%

Number of Students and Login Data By School Carver Students, 2064 Logins Hardaway - 66 Students, 440 Logins Northside - 66 Students, 298 Logins Shaw - 46 Students, 82 Logins Columbus - 42 Students, 248 Logins Kendrick - 25 Students, 65 Logins Whitfield County Students, 4562 Logins * 16,729 total logins

1)Endorsement by school district administrators 2)Active buy-in and participation by students, teachers, and administrators 3)If the program is hosted on a server, clear and precise instructions on both the server and in hard copy form

Study strategies section effective for a wide range of grades and courses Science portion also highly effective for Biology and Physical Science EOCT in high school Social Studies portion also highly effective for US History and World History

 Georgia Criterion Reference test (CRCT)  Muscogee County Educational Excellence Foundation  Research of other funding sources

only financial requirement is the hosting of the course Foresight indicated that budget cuts might provide a challenge to funding the on-line course provided by interactive CD CD version of course is/can be hosted on school district’s web site, public library, civic organizations, etc.

Copies of the CD are available upon request.

Contact Information: Dr. Peggy Connell Mr. Keith Seifert Dr. Tina Cross Ms. Suzanne