Calling the current system of school improvement and accountability “harsh,” the state superintendent of schools would like Georgia lawmakers to take a closer look at the College and Career Ready Performance Index. For underperforming schools, CCRPI — Georgia’s annual tool for measuring how well schools are preparing students for the next education level — is “not giving hope” to these schools, according to state schools Superintendent Richard Woods. “We have to be accountable, but we have to be fair,” Woods said Friday while speaking in Atlanta at an event organized by the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education.
State leaders focus on fix for struggling schools