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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Report card on Georgia schools

A new report on Georgia schools in Education Week gives the state high marks for its curriculum standards, testing program and school accountability efforts. However, authors of the study say those policies are not achieving their potential. Georgia student performance on national exams as well as the state’s graduation rate received the lowest grades. Although the state’s graduation rate has been improving, Georgia still ranks 49th in the country for high school graduation rate.

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