Mixed message from Milestones

Bulloch schools improve in half of subjects on state tests

The Georgia Milestones assessment program now requires science tests in only fifth and eighth grades and high school. As with other core subjects, fewer than half of the states students met the goals, ranking in the green zone.

chart 3 — The Georgia Milestones assessment program now requires science tests in only fifth and eighth grades and high school. As with other core subjects, fewer than half of the states students met the goals, ranking in the green zone.

The percentage of students in the Bulloch County Schools meeting proficiency levels on the Georgia Milestones tests improved in 15 of 30 tested subjects and grade levels from the spring 2016 to the spring 2017 testing. But local students’ success rates on the tests were lower than last year’s in 14 other grade and subject areas and remained unchanged in one area. Meanwhile, Bulloch County’s students “outperformed, matched or closely mirrored” the results of students statewide this spring in 16 of 30 tested areas, the school system’s news release announced.

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