Students in Georgia public high schools would face no consequences for failing statewide standardized tests for at least one year under a proposal from state Superintendent Richard Woods in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Woods announced the plan Thursday, saying that he wants the state Board of Education to nearly zero out the amount that four end-of-course exams in algebra, American literature and composition, biology and U.S. History will count in a student’s grade in that course.
Woods, an elected Republican, has cast himself as a foe of standardized tests, and has worked to dismantle a system of accountability that other Republicans spent years building. With his backing, lawmakers earlier this year eliminated four high school tests and one middle school test that were previously required.
The superintendent is also encouraging districts not to use test scores in deciding whether to force students to repeat a grade.
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