Cherokee graduation tests scores above average
Georgia High School Graduation Test scores in Cherokee County are in and show students exceeded state averages.
Ninety-six percent of those taking the math test passed, compared to 84 percent statewide; 97 percent passed language arts, compared to 91 percent statewide; and 95 percent passed the social studies test, which is 16 points above the state average of 78 percent. Ninety-eight percent passed the science test, above the state's 93 percent.
The county scores match or are within a point or two of the scores posted last year.
--Christopher Quinn
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Christopher Quinn is a writer and editor who has worked for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 1999. He writes stories on Veterans Affairs, business including high-tech growth in metro Atlanta, Georgia's $72 billion farm economy, and he oversees assigning and editing news obituaries.
