Fulton principal on defying the odds: 'Good is never an option when better is possible.
Serena Lowe, the principal of Conley Hills Elementary School in East Point, sent a note about her Fulton County school, which, despite high poverty levels, scored an 80.2 on the state's latest College and Career Ready Performance Index. The College and Career Ready Performance Index is used to show which Georgia schools are "persistently failing." Determined by several factors including test scores, student growth and reduction of achievement gaps, CCRPI scores are supposed to be roughly equivalent to the result a student can get on a test, with a grade in the 70s being average. If voters pass Gov. Nathan Deal's proposed Opportunity School District in November, the state will take over schools based on chronically low CCRPI scores. According to Department of Education data from the 2014-2015 school year, the average CCRPI score for a Georgia elementary school is 76; the average for a Fulton County elementary is 77.4. Conley Hills Elementary's score of 80.2 surp
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