Public school students across the state will take the Georgia Milestones assessment this week. School districts were able to start testing elementary school students as early as April 8. High school students could finish as late as May 31. Georgia Milestones is the state-issued standardized test students have to take at the end of a year or a course.
However, some school districts have launched testing pilot programs to develop their own assessments. The hope is that those exams could replace Georgia Milestones one day.
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