SPRAYBERRY HIGH SCHOOL

Georgia High School Graduation Diagnostic Testing

Fall 2008

Purpose of Diagnostic Testing

To give students an opportunity to understand the types of questions they will encounter during spring graduation testing

To identify skills or knowledge where individual students might need further instruction to be successful on the test

Provide parents with information about how they can help their child prepare for spring testing

To help Sprayberry High School identify and plan for students who might need extra academic support in English/Language Arts or Math prior to spring testing

Diagnostic Testing Details

Tests in Math and ELA were designed by Cobb Curriculum Supervisors

Administered to 11th graders in September and October of 2008

Testing experience was similar to what students will have next spring

English/Language Arts

Areas of Student Strength Areas Where Additional Support Needed

Writing Conventions Reading Comprehension

Literary Analysis

Mathematics

Areas of Student Strength Areas Where Additional Support Needed

Number and Computation Algebra

Our Plan

We will use the following strategies, based on data analysis, to address areas needing extra academic support in both English and Math:

Additional diagnostic testing to determine accurate reading levels and specific math skills needing support

Scheduled elective support classes Tutoring two afternoons per week beginning in

September until the Georgia High School Graduation Tests in March

Benchmark testing in December and February to monitor achievement gains

More About Our Plan

AVID Encourage increased enrollment in Honors and Advanced

Placement courses Second Chance credit recovery and academic support class WIN (Work Intensively Now) program, tutoring specifically for

athletes Parent and community involvement through letters, phone

calls, parent meetings, advisement conferences, and the web site

Student and teacher informational meetings to present data results, plans for improvement, and increased student achievement

School Contacts

If you have questions, call:

Erin Barnett, Principal

770-578-3200 or

Ed Wagner

770-578-3200