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Georgia’s Keys to Quality: Georgia Assessment of Performance on School Standards (GAPSS Review). Forsyth County Schools. …what Georgia schools should know, do, and understand. Georgia School Keys are…. School keys implementation rubric. Eight Strands of the Georgia School Keys:
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Georgia’s Keys to Quality: Georgia Assessment of Performance on School Standards (GAPSS Review) Forsyth County Schools
…what Georgia schools should know, do, and understand. Georgia School Keys are…
Eight Strands of the Georgia School Keys: Curriculum Assessment Instruction Planning and Organization Student, Family, and Community Professional Learning Leadership School Culture Georgia School Keys
A team of educators that conducts classroom observations, staff, parent, and student interviews and uses the data to make recommendations and commendations based on their observations utilizing the Georgia School Standards. What is the gapss analysis?
An external team spends three days in the school … • Interview Administrators and Leadership Team • Interview all other staff members • Observe classrooms • Interview Parent/Stakeholders Group • Interview students individually or in small groups • Examine, study and analyze data What is the Gapss Analysis?
School Improvement Plan • AYP Reports (2-3 years) • Grade level AYP sheets • Subgroup information • School Profile • CRCT/GHSGT/EOCT/ITBS Data (school and grade level) • State Report Card • Previous GAPSS Data • Leadership, SIP , Grade level, Subject area, and other Meeting Minutes, Agendas, and sign in sheets • Parent Meeting Agendas and sign in sheets Types of data for team to review
Benchmark Benchmark Assessment Student/Teacher Commentary Common Assessment Differentiation Evaluation Performance Standards Performance Tasks Rubrics Common Vocabulary:
Participate in Initial Staff Meeting (usually day 1 prior to start of day) Visit all classrooms at least twice and complete observation sheet Complete staff interviews as scheduled Complete student interviews Complete parent interviews (optional) Gapss review day 1
Complete observations or interviews as scheduled Begin to tally information from observations Review data assigned as homework from Day 1 Begin process of applying rubric GAPSS Review day 2
Receive totals for observation sheets Complete the School Keys Rubric Develop Commendations and Recommendations for each strand Prioritize Recommendations Put together final report GAPSS REVIEW Day Three…
A collection of best practices and suggested action steps, along with artifacts and evidences for each. The Implementation Resource
The team captain meets with the school principal and/or leadership team and reviews the final report and data The School Improvement Plan is revised to reflect the GAPSS data The revised SIP is implemented; monitored coaching Mini-GAPSS is scheduled for support and on-going refinement of the SIP Gapss: Follow Up