SUCCEEDING
ON THE
GHSGT
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
history
 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 21st century.
objectives
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.
Key components
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
What content is on the GHSGT?
a Science only (Yes!)
b Social Studies only
c English Language Arts (including writing)
d
Math and all of the above
What content is most troubling
in your system?
a Science only (Yes!)
b Social Studies only
c English Language Arts (including writing)
d
Math and all of the above
PERCENTAGE OF AT-RISK JUNIORS WHO PASSED
THE GHSGT IN SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES
AFTER USING THE PROGRAM
100%
90%
100%
93%
77%
85%
91%
86%
91%
84%
84%
70%
MCSD 1st Time Pass-Rate
Social Studies – 86%
Science – 84%
SENIORS WHO PASSED THE GHSGT AFTER
USING THE
REVIEW PROGRAM
100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
87%
80%
56%
44%
56%
30%
n/a
Number of Students and Login Data
By School
Carver - 100 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 - 279 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...... pconnell@mcsdga.net
Mr. Keith Seifert........ kseifert@mcsdga.net
Dr. Tina Cross............ tcross@mcsdga.net
Ms. Suzanne Evans ....sevans@mcsdga.net