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Legislation reducing testing goes to Georgia governor

By Ty Tagami
March 25, 2016

Legislation that diminishes the role of state tests in public school classrooms passed through the Georgia General Assembly Thursday and now heads to Gov. Nathan Deal for his signature.

Senate Bill 364 reduces the amount of testing tied to teacher performance and reduces the weight of the results in their evaluations.

Learn about what it does at myAJC.com.

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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.

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