Sope Creek Goes Gold!

              Twenty-two Cobb Schools Recognized by State for Improvement and Achievement

Twenty-two Cobb County schools have been named award winners for student achievement and academic improvement by the Georgia Department of Education and the Governor's Office of Student Achievement.  The awards are based on student performance on the 2007-08 CRCT (for elementary and middle schools) or the Georgia High School Graduation Test (for high schools), state assessments that help determine a school's status under federal No Child Left Behind standards.  Each award has four honor level - Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze - that correspond to a school's consistent performance and Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) status.

Hillgrove High School in west Cobb is one of only eight schools in the state to receive for both Greatest Gains and Highest Performance.

The Highest Performance award is given to schools that have a very high percentage of students meeting test standards.  The Cobb County winners are:

Platinum:  Lassiter and Walton high schools; Mt. Bethel, Timber Ridge, and Tritt elementary schools.

Gold:  Harrison and Pope high schools; Davis, Murdock, Shallowford Falls and Sope Creek elementary schools.

Silver:  Hillgrove High; Dickerson and Hightower Trail middle schools; East Side, Ford, Garrison Mill, Mountain View and Vaughan elementary schools.

Bronze:  Dodgen Middle; Bullard, Kemp, and Rocky Mount elementary schools.

The Greatest Gains award is given to schools that showed the greatest improvement in CRCT or GHSGT scores and had a significant percentage of students exceeding standards.  The Cobb County winners are:

Platinum:  Durham Middle, Eastvalley Elementary.

Gold:  McCleskey Middle.

Silver:  Hillgrove High, Daniell Middle, Austell Primary.

The school recognitions are part of the state's release of the 2007-08 K-12 Report Card.  Additional information is available at The Governor's Office for Student Achievement website at http://www.gaosa.org.