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Georgia’s education system: Much better than we hear about
By Guest Columnist MATT CARDOZA, communications director for the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education
Have you ever heard that Georgia is first in education? Probably not. Have you ever heard that Georgia is last in education? Probably so.
When you hear Georgia is last in education, that is typically based on one measure – SAT results. Like many education measures, apples-to-apples comparisons are difficult to glean from SAT results. For example, the top-ranked state in the nation based on the most recent comparable (2016) SAT results was Illinois. Only 3 percent of their students took the SAT, compared to 67 percent of Georgia students.
