Strategic Waivers School System (SWSS) performance contracts provide local school districts with flexibility from state laws and policies as a means to increase student achievement. Local school boards enter into multi-year contracts with the State Board of Education (SBOE) that identify specific school-level student achievement goals based on the state’s College and Career Readiness Performance Index (CCRPI).
The Governor’s Office of Student Achievement annually monitors progress toward meeting those goals and reports it to the SBOE. This dashboard provides concise performance results for each of the Strategic Waivers School System. For more information on SWSS, click here.
This dashboard only displays schools that have an SWSS target and earn a CCRPI score in the selected year.
Please note that you are accessing the Beta version of this dashboard. GOSA will incorporate user feedback to improve this site.
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Select a school district and/or school to view the Strategic Waivers outcomes for the most recent year available.
District Summary
District Name
School Year
SWSS Outcomes
This section provides information regarding schools’ performance within a district. The graph below shows the percentage breakdown of school performance within a district. Schools fall into one of the following categories:
Met their CCRPI target,
These schools met their 2017 CCRPI target. These schools may or may not have Beat the Odds (BTO). They met their Year One goal.
Did not meet their CCRPI target but BTO, or
These schools did not meet their 2017 CCRPI targets but BTO. They met their Year One goal.
Did Not Meet CCRPI target or BTO.
These schools did not meet their Year One goal because they did not meet their CCRPI target or BTO.
The chart to the right displays the count of schools meeting the same criteria.
For more information regarding SWSS, click here.
For CCRPI information, click here.
For more information about Beating the Odds, click here.
Count of Schools by Number of Years Met Targets or BTO by
five year schools
Count of Schools by Number of Years Met Targets or BTO by 2016-2017
A school is defined as meeting the terms of its SWSS contract if it meets its annual CCRPI Targets, and/or Beats the Odds (BTO) as determined by the annual BTO calculation performed by GOSA.
To meet the terms of the SWSS contracts, schools must annually increase their CCRPI score without Challenge Points by 3% of the gap between the baseline year (2016) CCRPI score and 100. Schools with baseline year CCRPI scores in the top quartile of the state within each grade cluster must maintain a CCRPI score in the top quartile each year.
2016 is the baseline year for 2017 targets. Accounting for the change in the CCRPI formula under ESSA for the 2017-2018 school year, GOSA will reset targets with Year 2 as the new baseline year for Years 3 to 5. Year 2 (2017-2018) becomes a baseline reset year in the contracts and therefore does not count for or against a school.
This chart shows the number of years that schools within a district have met their SWSS goals.
For more information regarding SWSS, click here.
For CCRPI information, click here.
For more information about Beating the Odds, click here.
*The above summary data is intended to provide a broad overview of a district's SWSS performance. When making recommendations to the State Board of Education regarding contract renegotiations after Year 5, GOSA will consider each school’s CCRPI relative to its targets, CCRPI trend of performance, “beating the odds” designations over the course of the contract, school and district actions taken and planned to improve school performance, and other factors important to understanding the context of the school’s performance. For more detailed data and information, please select one school.
School Summary
District Name
School Name
Appling County Elementary School
Performance Summary
For more performance and demographic information on this school, see Georgia School Grades Report.
This section summarizes how the school has performed over the term of the contract. A school is defined as meeting the terms of its SWSS contract if it meets its annual CCRPI Targets or Beats the Odds (BTO), as determined by the annual BTO calculation performed by GOSA.
For more information regarding SWSS, click here.
For more information about Beating the Odds, click here.
Actions Taken to Improve Performance
For schools not meeting the terms of their contract, this section provides information on the steps taken to improve performance. Schools not meeting Year One Goals must develop and implement a school-led improvement plan by August 2018. Schools that have not met the terms of their contract are subject to the consequences listed in
Exhibit D of the contract.
School Performance*
(Baseline)
This graph compares a school’s Actual CCRPI scores for each year of the SWSS evaluation in relation to its Target CCRPI scores.
To meet the terms of the SWSS contracts, schools must annually increase their CCRPI score without Challenge Points by 3% of the gap between the baseline year (2016) CCRPI score and 100. Schools with baseline year CCRPI scores in the top quartile of the state within each grade cluster must maintain a CCRPI score in the top quartile each year. For more information on how targets are set, click here.
2016 is the baseline year for 2017 targets. Accounting for the change in the CCRPI formula under ESSA starting with the 2017-2018 school year, GOSA will reset targets with Year 2 as the new baseline year for Years 3 to 5. Year 2 (2017-2018) becomes a baseline reset year in the contracts and therefore does not count for or against a school.
For more information regarding SWSS, click here.
For CCRPI information, click here.
Schools with baseline year CCRPI scores in the top quartile of the state are required to maintain a CCRPI score within the top quartile each year. A school that moves into the top quartile shall be required to remain at or above this threshold throughout the remainder of the contract.
*GOSA will account for the new CCRPI formula under ESSA and will reset targets by using the 2018 CCRPI as the new baseline.
District Statement Regarding School
For schools not meeting the terms of their contract, this section provides a brief statement from the district about the measures being taken to improve school performance as outlined in
Exhibit D of the contract.
GOSA Recommendations to SBOE
This section contains recommendations from the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement regarding SWSS contract renewals and course of actions
for schools failing to meet their targets. Consequences for schools which fail to meet the terms of their contract are outlined in
Exhibit D of the contract
*The above summary data is intended to provide a broad overview of a district's SWSS performance. When making recommendations to the State Board of Education regarding contract renegotiations after Year 5, GOSA will consider each school’s CCRPI relative to its targets, CCRPI trend of performance, “beating the odds” designations over the course of the contract, school and district actions taken and planned to improve school performance, and other factors important to understanding the context of the school’s performance. For more detailed data and information, please select one school.