Georgia Begins Effort to Turn Around Low-Performing Schools

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's board of education is considering how to improve the state's low-performing schools.

Members of the board met recently to discuss how they'll start the process of attempting to turn around struggling schools across the state, WABE Radio reported .

The Georgia Department of Education recently released scores for the College and Career Ready Performance Index.

Using that data, the Governor's Office of Student Achievement issued a list of 104 schools that are "turnaround eligible." Schools that made the list scored below 60 percent on the index for three consecutive years.

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