Ten schools in the Cobb County School District—seven of them in East Cobb—were visited last week by Georgia School Superintendent Richard Woods for earning the state’s designation as Literacy Leaders.
A total of 155 schools in the state were recognized for “exceptional achievement or growth in third-grade reading.”
Schools with 90 percent or more of their third-grade students reading at grade level or above were recognized for outstanding achievement, and schools with a 15 percent or higher increase from 2021-22 to 2022-23 were recognized for outstanding growth.
Seventy schools in Georgia were recognized for achievement, 84 for growth, and one school was recognized in both categories. In Cobb, eight schools were recognized for literacy achievement and two for literacy growth.
As reported in July, East Cobb elementary schools had some of the best scores in Cobb on the Milestones tests, with Timber Ridge (96.7 percent), Mt. Bethel (95), Tritt (94.9), Shallowford Falls (93.1), Murdock (92.2), Mountain View (91.6) and Sope Creek (90.1) leading the way with students at or above grade-level.
Austell, Ford and Riverside elementary schools were recognized for major increases in grade-level reading scores.
“The ability to read opens up the doors not only to the rest of a student’s education but to their ability to continue learning throughout their life,” Woods said in a release. “That’s why we are laser-focused on literacy at the Georgia Department of Education and as a state. These schools—our Literacy Leaders—are doing exceptional work to ensure every student is equipped with the lifelong skill of literacy, and it’s an honor to recognize them.”
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