Test scores are in. The Georgia Department of Education released the results of the 2019 Georgia Milestones assessment Friday. The department says students recorded the strongest-ever overall gains on the test since it began in 2015. The biggest jumps were seen in ninth-grade literature, sixth grade English/Language Arts (ELA), third-grade math and third grade ELA.
“While these gains are worth celebrating, we cannot be all about the test – our job is to prepare students for life,” said State Schools Superintendent Richard Woods in a press release. “I continue to support a reduction of state assessment requirements to the federal minimum, and more realistic and reasonable accountability requirements.”
In metro Atlanta, several districts found points of pride in the data. 90 percent of Cobb County schools improved over three years. 63 percent of DeKalb County students are reading on grade level. Fulton County’s third-grade scores improved six percent. Clayton County Public Schools says students in grades 3-8 improved in most subjects.
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