Single Statewide Accountability System (SSAS) Awards

As mandated by O.C.G.A 20-14-37 and State Board Rule 160-7-1-.01, GOSA develops award criteria under the Single Statewide Accountability System (SSAS) and presents them for approval to the State Board of Education. Awards are given to schools with high academic performance and/or high academic growth.

2024 SSAS Awards

GOSA announced the 2024 SSAS award winners on April 1, 2025. Award winners will receive a certificate to display in their school.

Details of Calculation

For the 2024 awards, GOSA used College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) data from the three most recent school years (2018-19, 2022-23, 2023-24) to determine SSAS awards in two categories: Greatest Gains and Highest Performing.[1] Each award category has four tiers: Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze. 

The calculation guide can be downloaded for more information about 2024 SSAS Calculation. 

Greatest Gains Overview

Greatest Gains schools exhibit high growth in student achievement by earning a three-year average CCRPI Progress Score in at least the 93rd percentile in the state. Additionally, a school's CCRPI Single Score in the third year (2023-24) must not decline by more than 10 points compared to its score in the first year (2018-19). To qualify, schools must also be excluded from the Georgia Promise Scholarship Public School List and GaDOE's Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI)/Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) lists.[2] Table 1 below shows the Greatest Gains criteria by award tier.

Table 1: Greatest Gains Award Criteria

Highest Performing Overview

Highest Performing schools exhibit high academic performance by earning a three-year average CCRPI Content Mastery Score in at least the 93rd percentile. In addition, the three-year average CCRPI Closing Gaps Score must be at or above the 75th percentile in the state. For the Platinum or Gold award tiers, schools must earn a CCRPI Single Score of 90.0 or above in all three years, while Silver and Bronze award winners must earn a minimum CCRPI Single Score of 80.0 for all three years.[3] Additionally, a school's CCRPI Single Score in the third year (2023-24) must not decline by more than 10 points compared to its score in the first year (2018-19). To qualify, schools must also be excluded from the Georgia Promise Scholarship Public School List and GaDOE's Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI)/Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) lists.[2] 

Greatest Gains schools exhibit high growth in student achievement by earning a three-year average CCRPI Progress Score in at least the 93rd percentile in the state. Additionally, schools must remain in the same CCRPI Single Score range, as displayed in Table 1 above, over the last three years and be excluded from GOSA's Turnaround Eligible Schools List and GaDOE's Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI)/Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) lists.[2] Table 2 below shows the Greatest Gains criteria by award tier.

Table 2: Highest Performing Criteria

[1] Schools must earn CCRPI Single Scores and Progress Scores in all three years for all applicable grade clusters to be eligible for Greatest Gains awards. Schools must earn CCRPI Single Scores, Content Mastery Scores, and Closing Gaps Scores in all three years for all applicable grade clusters to be eligible for Highest Performing awards. For more information on the CCRPI, visit GaDOE’s information page here.

 [2] This criterion allows for some volatility in CCRPI scores from year to year while ensuring that schools with high growth are not demonstrating lower performance in other areas. For a list of 2024 CSI and TSI schools, visit GaDOE’s press release here.

 [3] This criterion ensures that schools with high Content Mastery Scores do not demonstrate lower performance in other areas of the CCRPI.