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The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, December 20,2023, Page 3A
Lee County Schools’ CCRPI Data Outperforms State
Special to the Ledger
by Yolanda Robinson
PR Coordinator
The Lee County
School System’s Col
lege and Career Ready
Performance Index
(CCRPI) exceeded the
state’s score at all levels
for four out of five com
ponents.
College and Career
Ready Performance
Index scores are based
on five separate com
ponents - Content
Mastery, Closing Gaps,
Progress, Readiness
and, for high schools,
Graduation Rate. While
the district averages
for Content Mastery,
Progress, Readiness,
and Graduation Rate
outpaced the state’s,
there are opportunities
for improvement in the
Closing Gaps component
- which requires schools
to meet achievement
targets for each student
group within the student
population.
Mrs. Katie Peppers,
principal of Twin Oaks
Elementary School
(TOES), shares next
steps for elementa
ry-aged students across
the district. “The
faculties at TOES and
Lee County Elementa
ry School conducted a
comprehensive analy
sis of our College and
Career Ready Perfor
mance Index (CCRPI)
data, revealing students’
performance in the read
iness section surpassed
the state average. This
particular metric assess
es whether students are
engaging in activities
that prepare them for the
challenges of the next
academic level, college,
or future career paths.
In addition to readiness,
elementary-aged stu
dents also demonstrated
positive progress in
overall math scores.”
“Our strongest content
area within the middle
school group was math,
in regards to our content
mastery performance,”
states Maggie Grange,
Lee County Middle
School East principal.
“We also met all the
closing gaps targets in
science and social stud
ies and had the highest
closing gaps score across
all school levels in ad
dition to exceeding the
state average.”
Under the federal
Every Student Succeeds
Act (ESSA) - the re
placement for No Child
Left Behind (NCLB)
passed in 2015 - states
are required to have
a “statewide account
ability system” that
complies with federal
requirements, providing
information on how well
schools are performing.
CCRPI metrics are the
current accountability
system in the state of
Georgia.
“Mrs. Willis and I cel
ebrate the achievements
the students at LCPS
and KPS have accom
plished, specifically in
mathematics, reading
and readiness skills,”
declares Mrs. Jaimie
Murdock, principal of
Lee County Primary
School (LCPS). “We
also celebrate our En
glish Language Learners
and the progress they are
making towards English
Language Proficiency,
with scores being above
the state average.”
Dr. Kathleen E.K. Tru
itt, superintendent of the
Lee County School Sys
tem, says, “I celebrate
the achievements that
we, as a system, have
made. We are focused
on refining some of our
instructional practices to
enhance student en
gagement and to ensure
highly effective instruc
tion results in high levels
of learning for all of our
students”.
“I am proud of our
performance,” offered
Dr. Trey Newell, Lee
County Board of Educa
tion member. “The data,
as a whole, shows that
we are doing well and
our students are meeting
or exceeding the criteria
as compared to the state.
There are areas where
Commissioners Make Board Appointments
During the county
commission meeting De
cember 12th, the com
missioners reappointed
Dr. John E. Vance to
the Health Board of Lee
County for a term of six
years. David Brokamp
was reappointed for a
one year term and Greg
Crowder for a two year
term to the Joint Devel
opment Authority. Cicily
Florence and Chad Grif
fin were reappointed to
the Regional Commis
sion Council of South
west Georgia for a one
year term.
The commissioners
approved the renewal of
alcohol licenses for busi
nesses in Lee County for
2024. The county will
receive $31,925 in fees
for the licenses.
The commissioners ap
proved the memorandum
of understanding with
the LTniversity System for
Cooperative Extension
Services and personnel.
Cooperative Extension
Services offer reliable in
formation and programs
in the areas of agricul
ture, food, families, the
environment and 4-H
youth development.
The commissioners
recognized several
employees for their
many years of service to
Lee County. Receiving
recognition for five years
of service was Krista
Moore, 911 Communi
cations Officer, Thomas
Glass, Sergeant with the
Sheriffs Office, Tristan
Smiley, Firefighter/
EMTA, and William
Yochum III, Firefighter/
EMTA. Also recognized
for 20 years of service
was Charles McBurnett
Sr., Shop Supervisor,
Public Works and for
25 years of service Joey
Davenport, County As
sistant County Manager/
Chief Building Inspec
tor/Interim Planning
Director.
we are not excelling
and we do acknowledge
those and are putting
processes in place to
address them. I look for
ward to our progression
and I am very excited
about the direction Dr.
Truitt is leading us in.”
Details on Compa
rability (sourced from
Georgia Department of
Education)
• The Content Mastery
and Graduation Rate
components are compa
rable between 2022 and
2023.
• Readiness com
ponent scores are not
comparable from 2022
to 2023,because the
attendance and college
and career readiness
indicators were not
calculated in 2022 due
to pandemic-related data
limitations, and changes
were made to align the
literacy indicator to the
metric already used for
Georgia Milestones in
2023.
• Progress and Closing
Gaps were not calculated
in 2022 due to pandem
ic-related data limita
tions.
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