Georgia students showed small improvements on state standardized tests in the 2022-2023 school year, but achievement levels remain below pre-pandemic levels, and slow progress suggests a full recovery could be years off.
The Georgia Department of Education released the annual Milestones test results Friday. Students in grades 3 through 8 as well as high schoolers take tests in math and English language arts, while a few grades take science and social studies tests. Federal law requires most of the tests.
Officials in the state Department of Education focused on the positive, saying more grade levels showed achievement increases than decreases.
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