The Choice Channel

“The annual release of SAT scores always demands a bit of creative writing by a state leadership that rose to power on the promise of improved performance. Georgia’s scores remain far too low, and the progress far too slow, so the governor and state school superintendent thumb through their thesauruses for new ways to disguise the fact that little has changed. Gov. Sonny Perdue sent out a press release announcing that Georgia ‘held steady,’ playing down the fact that what we’re holding onto is 46th place. School Superintendent Kathy Cox issued a release noting that ‘Georgia’s high school seniors kept pace with the nation.’ However, the rest of the nation started ahead of us; the national SAT average is 1511, 39 points higher than Georgia’s average score.” (08/30/07)