Marietta Schools Show Literacy Gains as Cobb, State See some Decline

Marietta schools show literacy gains as Cobb, state see some decline

New Georgia Milestones results for the 2024-2025 school year, released Friday, show Marietta City Schools made improvements in reading across most grade levels, while Cobb saw modest declines.

Georgia Milestones test: Students improve in math but struggle in English - The Current

Georgia students posted modest academic gains in most tested grades and subjects last school year, except in English Language Arts, where fifth and eighth graders posted the biggest drops in proficiency rates, and math, where eighth grade saw the biggest gain. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Georgia’s communities.

2025 Milestones test results: East Cobb elementary schools

Students at Mt. Bethel ES in East Cobb tested well in 3rd-grade reading and 5th-grade math. While students in the Cobb County School District surpassed state averages in a number of categories in the 2025 Georgia Milestones test results, some of those numbers are down from last year, including schools in East Cobb. The Georgia Department of Education on Friday released its 2025 results, which show some gains in mathematics results after new stan…