New Georgia Milestones scores show steady academic recovery post-COVID pandemic

New results from the annual Georgia Milestones tests show academic gains in the wake of the devastation of COVID-19, when many parents, politicians, teachers and others feared a generation of students was falling behind.

English Language Arts and math are the most frequently tested subjects, from third grade into high school.

More students statewide scored high enough in English to be deemed “proficient” or above than was the case in the prior school year, with increases of 1 to 3 percentage points in most of the tested grades. Students in fifth grade had the most meaningful increase, with a 6-point jump. Third graders produced the only negative aggregate result, with a 1 percentage point drop in the proficiency rate.

The reading scores, which have been the cause of much hand-wringing since the pandemic, were less promising.

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