Georgia’s public high school students improved their performance in six of the eight End of Course Tests, officials announced Wednesday.
Metro Atlanta high school students, though, are continuing to have trouble with state standardized math exams.
Data released Wednesday by the state Education Department showed nearly 50 percent of students in several local districts did not meet state standards in several End of Course math tests taken in 2014. In some districts, the did not meet rate approached 80 percent.
Officials said they expect performance to improve in subjects like analytic geometry, which was a new test this year. To see the results from each district, click here.
The state conducts the End of Course Tests in subjects such as geometry, biology and American Literature and Composition. Georgia’s End of Course Tests for high-schoolers assess math only on the integrated model. The state is planning a new standardized testing system for next school year, which may continue to favor the integrated approach.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported last week that a pass rate of 100 percent on the state’s Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests in metro Atlanta elementary and middle schools occurred nearly seven times more frequently in reading than in math.
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