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Students aren’t the only ones graded on their performance. Starting Tuesday, their schools will be too.

For the first time, every public school in Georgia will receive number grades that measure academics, readiness for advancement, graduation rates, progress and achievement gaps.

The new report card evaluates schools with a system familiar to children and parents, with grades near 100 signifying excellence, and lower grades exposing schools that need improvement.

This scoring system, called the Georgia College and Career Ready Performance Index, replaces the federal No Child Left Behind Act, which judged schools based on whether they achieved Adequate Yearly Progress. Georgia is one of 10 states that has been granted a waiver from the federal law and its pass-or-fail assessments of standardized test results.

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