Georgia

		REPORT CARD
		NAEP exams		% Scoring proficient
		1996 8th grade math		16%
		1996 4th grade math		13%
		1996 8th grade science		21%
		1994 4th grade reading		26%
		QUALITY COUNTS 1999 grades
		Standards and assessments		B+
		Efforts to raise teacher quality		B-
		School climate		D
		Resources (funding):
			Adequacy	C
			Equity	C
			Allocation	C

G eorgia is revamping its testing program to reflect the most recent version of its standards. Students will take tests directly tied to the new curriculum in the spring of 2000. The state also focused on the quality of its teacher education programs last year, providing a "guarantee" that the universities will retrain classroom teachers if schools don't think they are doing an adequate job, as long as they are teaching in the field for which they were prepared. In addition, the state significantly strengthened its charter school law last year by enabling local school boards to approve charters.

* NOTE: The equity grade is based on 1994-95 date, the most recent available.

© 1999 Editorial Projects in Education

Vol. 18, number 17, page 139