Milestones Spotlight: Gideons

We’re highlighting a few schools that showed improved achievement in 2018. Each post will include an interview with the principal and a review of their data. Today we’ll look at Gideons Elementary. Gideons started a partnership with The Kindezi Schools in 2018, which was also Danielle Washington’s first year as the principal. We can see Read more about Milestones Spotlight: Gideons[…]

Milestones Spotlight: Hope-Hill

We’re highlighting a few schools that showed improved achievement in 2018. Each post will include an interview with the principal and a review of their data. Today we’ll look at Hope-Hill Elementary. The graph below shows that Hope-Hill improved their state percentile rank in every grade and tested subject in 2018. 5th grade social studies Read more about Milestones Spotlight: Hope-Hill[…]

Relationship between School Performance and Poverty, 2018

Atlanta Public Schools has the most diverse portfolio of schools in the state. We have schools in some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Georgia and schools in some of the poorest. The graph below shows that these schools have very different math achievement levels: Use the filters on the left to select different grades, subjects, Read more about Relationship between School Performance and Poverty, 2018[…]

2017 Milestones Results by Subgroup

The visual below shows Georgia Milestones results by subgroup. The filters on the left allow comparisons by district, school, exam, subgroup, and year. The default view compares Black, Hispanic and White students at Atlanta Public Schools by the percentage of students who scored proficient or better on Math exams, grades 3-8. This visual shows that Read more about 2017 Milestones Results by Subgroup[…]

Relationship between School Performance and Poverty

Atlanta Public Schools has the most diverse portfolio of schools in the state. We have schools in some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in Georgia and schools in some of the poorest. The graph below shows that these schools have very different achievement levels: The challenge index measures the percentage of students who are either directly Read more about Relationship between School Performance and Poverty[…]

2016 Milestones Results by Subgroup

The visual below shows Georgia Milestones results by subgroup. The filters on the left allow comparisons by district, school, exam, subgroup, and year. The default view compares subgroups of students at Atlanta Public Schools by the percentage of students who scored developing or better on Math exams. “Developing” refers to the Milestones category that indicates Read more about 2016 Milestones Results by Subgroup[…]