State Department of Education Identifies “Focus Schools”

The Georgia Department of Education released a list of 156 “focus schools” under the state’s new evaluation system. 

These schools would’ve been classified as “Needs Improvement” under the federal No Child Left Behind law.

Focus schools can be identified two ways: a graduation rate of less than 60% over a two-year period or a wide achievement gap between the highest and lowest-performing subgroups of students.