The Georgia Department of Education recruited teachers to rewrite the state’s K-12 math standards in 2019, but the effort was disrupted and delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Georgia is adopting new math standards that are billed as the removal of Common Core and a return to teacher freedom, but the new standards may not make it into classrooms before the 2023 school year.

His chief of staff, Matt Jones, said "99.9 percent" of Georgia's math standards are derived from the Common Core. ... a Valdosta city councilman who teaches seventh grade math, ...

In brief: Georgia sees post-pandemic rise in student math proficiency, especially in 8th grade. Consistent improvement in math scores from 2019 to 2024, despite standard changes.

Here's the results for the 2,596 SCCPSS third graders from the 2023-2024 GMAS, which shows a slight improvement over last year's results. Third grade Reading Status ...

By the time students finished the 8th grade, they would have completed the equivalent of an Algebra 1 class, Ms. Baldree said. Georgia students typically complete that subject at the end of 9th grade.