The U.S. Department of Education has approved Georgia’s request to waive several testing and attendance measurements
Key Points
- Georgia’s request to waive several testing and attendance measurements for the 2022 school year was approved by U.S. Dept. of Education
- This move locks in the learning loss that took place during the COVID-19
- American Relief Package Act requires at least 20% of funds be spent on recovering learning loss
Georgia’s request approved
The U.S. Department of Education has approved Georgia’s request to waive several testing and attendance measurements for the 2022 school year. “Our goal is to establish a new baseline, rather than compare your schools’ performance to pre-pandemic norms,” said School Superintendent Richard Woods.
The Georgia Center for Opportunity’s (GCO) take:
“By doing this we are locking in the learning loss that took place during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Buzz Brockway, vice president of GCO. “This means for some students, they will never recover from the pandemic learning loss they experienced, nor are they expected to recover. This ignores the millions and millions of dollars Georgia’s school districts are being sent via the American Relief Package Act, which requires that at least 20% of those funds be spent on recovering learning loss. What will local districts do with that money? Is giving up best for students? Georgia’s parents should march in loud protest to accepting that pandemic learning loss is the new norm.”