ALEC: Georgia 27th for education
Tony Potts
09-02-2010
The American Legislative Exchange Council has listed Georgia
27th among the states in terms of education.
The report, `Report Card on American Education: K-12 State
Performance, Progress, and Rerform` ranks states based on student
performance and their corresponding improvements on the fourth-
and eighth-grade reading and mathematics National Assessment of
Educational Progress, which are nationally administered exams,
from 2003 to 2009.
For state academic standards compared with the 2007 NAEP, Georgia
got a grade of `F.`
For identifying high quality teachers, Georgia was given a `D+.`
For retaining effective teachers, Georgia merited a `D.`
For removing ineffective teachers, Georgia earned a `C+.`
And it got a reform grade of ``.”
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