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Paulding students outperform state on most Georgia Milestones tests, district cites growth
Summary
District officials said Paulding students outperformed state averages on 15 of 20 Georgia Milestones assessments and reported increases in algebra and student growth percentiles.
District academic leaders presented results from the 2025 Georgia Milestones assessment at the Aug. 19 Paulding County Board of Education meeting, reporting gains across reading, math and social studies and overall growth compared with similar peers.
Associate Superintendent Dr. Tiffany Frasier told the board the district outperformed the state in English language arts for every tested grade from third grade through American literature, and that "72.4 percent of our tenth and eleventh grade students who took American literature are reading on or above grade level, which is 5% higher than the state average." She also said the district outperformed the state on 15 of the 20 milestone assessments.
On math, Dr. Frasier said district students outperformed state peers in six of seven grade levels; fourth grade was about 1 percentage point below the state. She reported a three-year increase in district algebra performance totaling about 4 percentage points and said the district is 2 percentage points above the state on algebra overall. She said the district— dopted a new mathematics curriculum aligned from kindergarten through higher grades and credited that choice for some of the gains.
Frasier also highlighted student growth percentiles, which compare students to academically similar peers. She said the district— verage student growth percentile increased by three points overall and that eight of the district's 19 elementary schools reported double-digit growth in student progress this year. On social studies, Frasier said eighth-grade performance improved for a third straight year and that U.S. History results were nearly 10 percentage points above the state average.
Superintendent Barnett and board members praised teachers and school leaders for the reported improvements. Frasier said schools are using formative assessments (Beacon in elementary schools; MAP in high schools) in the first window of the school year to guide instruction.
The presentation did not include a board vote; the results were presented as informational data and the district said it will continue to analyze results and focus on areas for improvement.
