Georgia public school students showed overall improvement in the most recent standardized test results, released Friday, despite concerns about academic gaps developed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The most notable improvements were in math, where students in a majority of grades improved on last year’s performance, and students in grades four and eight exceeded prepandemic achievement levels.

The percentage of students reading at or above grade level improved in most grades, but English/Language Arts scores dropped a bit.

Here are some takeaways from the results.

When schools shifted to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, many students fell behind . Educators worried it would take years to correct what some referred to as “ the COVID slide .”

At the same time, some metr

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