2. A Signature Partnership Product

3. (4) Accountability – Measuring teacher and leader effectiveness (9) Governance Strategies – Keys to success (1) College and Career Ready Standards - A must (2) The Next Generation of Assessments – A road map (3) Teacher Preparation Programs – A new beginning (5) School Climate - It matters, a lot (6) Early Learning – Closing the achievement gap (7) Work Ready Students – The goal (8) Barriers to Higher Education Completion – Clearing the hurdles (10) Puzzle Pieces – Putting it all together Top Ten Issues - 2014

4. How is Georgia Trending? Low-Birthweight Babies ≈ Students Earning AP Credit  Early Education Enrollment ≈ High School Graduation Rate  Children in Poverty  Graduation from 2- Year Colleges  4 th Grade Reading  Graduation from 4- Year Colleges ≈ 8 th Grade Math  Adults w/ Bachelor’s Degree 

5. Issue 5: School Climate – It matters, a lot  Safety – both physical and emotional safety  Relationships – respect for diversity, school engagement and social supports for adult and student learning  Teaching and learning – support for learning and professional relationships  Institutional environment – the physical surroundings

6. Impact of School Climate A 1% increase in school climate =  1.35% decrease in discipline actions  1.6% increase in attendance Georgia 9 th Grade Students Days Absent Graduation Rate 0 days 80.52% 1 to 5 days 82.24% 6 to 10 days 72.68% 11 to 14 days 61.27% 15 or more days 30.73%

7. Georgia PBIS Results  35% reduction in average office discipline referrals (ODRs) per day system-wide  24% reduction in out-of-school suspension days system-wide  58% reduction in total discipline incidents that resulted in ODRs system-wide.

8. Issue 10: Puzzle Pieces

9. Questions Welcome Now & Anytime! Dana Rickman Director, Policy and Research drickman@gpee.org 404.223.2462