The Office of Education Accountability (OEA) was established July 1, 2000, with a mandate to:

     Improve student achievement
     Improve school completion

To achieve these goals, OEA's major purpose is the establishment of performance-based accountability standards for all of Georgia's education system, from prekindergarten through postsecondary grades (P-16). OEA also has responsibility for development of reports centering on education workforce issues. This is the third annual report on Georgia's public K-12 schools. OEA hopes that the information contained in this report and future reports will be used to make positive changes in education that will support teachers and help parents and students.

2001-2002 Report Card:

This report card contains test results as well as other information relevant to schools and their performance toward the goals of student achievement and school completion. OEA has developed a phased-in timeline for the assignment of school grades and ratings that will be issued beginning in 2003. For phased-in report card implementation timelines and other information, please visit the OEA Web Site:
www.ga-oea.org.

The 2001-2002 Report Card includes four major sections:

1. Student performance results from Georgia tests
2. School performance indicators
3. School demographic information
4. National test results

The 2001-2002 Report Card has been expanded. The user can now view multi-year comparisons at the school, system, and state levels. In addition, while viewing a school the user can opt to compare the school data to system and state data. Assessment results and other data are summarized at the school, school system, and state level. The report card includes assessment and other data disaggregated (when available) by different student groupings. These groupings are based on race/ethnicity, gender, disability, and English proficiency status as required by the A Plus Education Reform Act of 2000 (state law) and the No Child Left Behind Act (federal law). For more information on how OEA disaggregated Georgia test results, Click Here. Test information was supplied by the Georgia Department of Education. For a detailed description of all the contents for each of these sections and rules of reporting, please see About the Report Card.