Education in Georgia
Atlanta students made gains in national math test, but a problem is looming
Students in Atlanta improved in math scores in the National Assessment of Educational Attainment.
Atlanta’s fourth- and eighth-graders are getting better at math, compared to students across the U.S. -- particularly in eighth grade, where fast-rising scores are approaching the national average.
But reading scores still leave room for improvement.
A real problem highlighted by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the nation’s report card, shows that higher-performing students showed most of the gains with lower-performing students scoring about the same as before.
That can produce wide gaps in scores for some districts that have large groups of well-off students as well as large groups of poor ones.
You can how Atlanta students did at MyAJC.com,
