Students Miss the Mark in Georgia EOC Math Tests

The Georgia State Department of Education released this year’s End of Course Tests (EOCT) Wednesday, showing overall performance in math subjects has missed the mark again this year.

About 65 percent of students failed to meet state standards for analytic geometry in 2013, the first year the course was tested. 59 percent failed to meet standards for coordinated algebra, showing slight improvement from last year’s results.

“While these results seem low and different from what we are used to seeing, they are in line with what many national assessments say Georgia’s students’ college and career readiness level is,” said State Superintendent John Barge in a statement. “We must address this head-on so our students leave our schools with the best preparation possible to succeed in life after high school.”

Georgia students improved in six out of eight End-Of-Course tests compared to last year's scores.

Statewide results were released Wednesday and district-level results should be available in two weeks. School-level results will be available by the end of July.

Here are the results broken down by subject:

• 93 percent of Georgia’s students met or exceeded the standard for American Literature & Composition. This is an increase of two (2) percentage points when compared to spring 2013.