1. Back to School Night & Annual Title 1 Meeting
August 25, 2016
Testing Session

2. 2016 GA Milestones
GA Milestones Video

3. 3rd Grade ELA
Oglethorpe County
Georgia

4. 3rd Grade ELA
Oglethorpe County
RESA

5. 4th Grade ELA
Oglethorpe County
Georgia

6. 4th Grade ELA Oglethorpe County RESA System implementation
2-4 year process
Installation phase this year: establish leadership teams, set up data systems
Initial implementation 16-17
Full Implementation 17-18

7. 5th Grade ELA
Oglethorpe County
Georgia

8. 5th Grade ELA
Oglethorpe County
RESA

9. 3rd Grade Math Oglethorpe County Georgia
Students have many opportunities to show their PRIDE (Prepared, Respectful, Involved, Dependable, and Encouraging) throughout the school on a daily basis. Students who show PRIDE will be rewarded with Patriot bucks which can be redeemed for various rewards, entrance to special school events, and attendance at PRIDE on Fridays (see below for details). Each week, students start with 10 Patriot bucks on their debit cards (students are required to keep these cards in their badge and wear them during the school day). When students engage in behaviors that do not represent school PRIDE, Patriot bucks will be deducted from their cards. In your child’s agenda, you will find a daily record of how many Patriot bucks your child finished each day with. When a student loses a Patriot buck, you will know they have had a problem following one of the components of PRIDE at OCES. Behavior incidents will be classified according to the components of PRIDE.

10. 3rd Grade Math
Oglethorpe County
RESA

11. 4th Grade Math
Oglethorpe County
Georgia

12. 4th Grade Math
Oglethorpe County
RESA

13. 5th Grade Math
Oglethorpe County
Georgia

14. 5th Grade Math
Oglethorpe County
RESA

15. Why are Milestones Scores Important?
Milestones are a part of our state’s retention and promotion policy
In 3rd grade students must get a reading status of on grade level or above to be promoted to 4th grade.
In 5th grade students must get a reading status of on grade level or above and score at Level 2, 3, or 4 in Math to be promoted to 6th grade.
The state plans to add Science as a requirement for 5th grade in the future.

16. What are we doing to increase scores?
Schedule changes allow for 135 minutes daily for ELA instruction (increase from 90 minutes last year)
ELA teachers will use the Bookworms curriculum which provides differentiation, shared, and independent reading daily
Math teachers will implement problem solving techniques from Cognitively Guided Instruction showing students multiple strategies for solving word problems

17. How will we track student growth?
Students will participate in the Scholastic Reading Inventory three times a year which tracks students growth in Lexiles which provides a guide as to what grade level text is appropriate for individual students
Reading Fluency will also be monitored which allows us to measure the speed and accuracy of reading
Students will use the Reflex Math program to improve fluency on their basic facts.
Write Score assessment will be administered
3 times a year to measure and improve
writing skills.

18. Questions?
Join us in the Computer Lab to experience the GA Milestones testing platform!