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Yahoo
02-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Columbia County Board of Education: CCRPI Single Score exceeding pre-pandemic scores
EVANS, Ga. (WJBF) – Good grade for one local school system. Georgia's College and Career Ready Performance Index shows Columbia County exceeds its pre-pandemic scores. The CCRPI Single Score for elementary, middle, and high schools is based on the performance in content mastery, progress, closing gaps, and readiness. The graduation rate is also a factor for high school students. 'It's really an opportunity for us to really evaluate how our students have performed over the entire school year,' said Steven Cummings, Assistant Superintendent, Columbia County Board of Education. While, other counties' CCRPI scores declined from 2019 to 2024. Columbia County's went up. Elementary school scores went up 7-point-1 percent, middle school went up almost 4 percent, and high school increased a little more than one percent. 'We have teachers that are really dedicated to really working hard each and every day. We have a solid curriculum that our teachers adhere to in that curriculum is aligned to our state standards, and our students work really hard to make sure that they follow that,' said Cummings. With COVID disrupting students and teachers. Students were still able to recover and excel in their classes. Cummings points out that students in Columbia County were back in the classroom sooner than other districts. 'We came back earlier than many districts are around the state, and so we kept that learning going, and so I think, as a result of that, our students were able to continue that threshold of learning, and as a result, we didn't have a lot of learning lost,' said Cummings. Cummings says there are still areas for improvement, and school leaders are implementing measures to improve. He is proud of this milestone and thankful for all the hard work. 'I thank our students, staff, and our teachers for their hard work and dedication throughout this whole entire process. They are the reason why our students are performing the way they are,' said Cummings. Columbia County ranked fourth in the state overall behind Fulton, Forsyth, and Cobb counties. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
What Senate Bill 233 and the Georgia Promise Act means for those in Richmond County
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Applications are now open for the Georgia Promise Scholarship which helps families of students at underperforming schools afford private school tuition or home school. This gives eligible families $6,500 for private school tuition or home school expenses. 'The money goes to the parent to use it for whatever purpose they want to use it as it relates to that child's education,' State Rep. Karlton Howard said. The Governor's Office of Student Achievement released a list last month of public schools that qualify for new vouchers — which were created by the State Legislature last year. 'It passed last year; it was designed to help 21,000 students in Georgia. But there was some semantics in the language that were challenged in court, and as it turns out, now there are 400,000 students that qualify for the same funds,' Rep. Howard said. Those students are from schools that are in the lowest 25th percentile– calculated by the College and Career Ready Performance Index individual scores from previous school years. And it includes dozens of Richmond County Schools. 'Of the state average scores, then that school qualifies– any student at that school qualifies for the $6,500 dollar scholarship. But they're– again like I said– but the issue became, now if there is only one school in the school system that is a failing school in the lower 25 percentile, the whole system qualifies,' Rep. Howard said. He also says he believes this could make it hard for public schools– especially some in Richmond County. 'That QBE Formula has not been addressed or modified in over 40 years– about 40 years. Which means schools are not being funded properly, first of all, and if they're properly funded, I think we can do better. Teachers need more pay, there need to be more facilities up to date, they need to have more security. And there's a lot more they can do if they had more funding.' If your student attends one of the schools on the list – you can submit an application for the Georgia Promise Scholarship by the April deadline. To find out if your student is eligible just visit. If you would like to learn more about Senate Bill 233: Georgia Promise Scholarship Public School List Calculation To view the list of eligible schools visit: Georgia Promise Scholarship Public School For further information visit: Georgia Promise Scholarship Public School List Richmond County School System Interim Superintendent Dr. Malinda Cobb says, Monday, in a statement: 'We strongly believe that our schools have outstanding educators and students who have grown greatly over the past few years. We've achieved historic increases in our graduation rate, had several schools exit federal improvement lists, and released information about CCRPI that shows widespread improvement across elementary, middle, and high schools for all measured components in career and college readiness for the third year in a row. We've made great strides and understand that we have more progress to make in closing gaps.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
