Monitoring Student Progress in Reading
Schools and teachers are responsible for monitoring student progress in reading. The national curriculum provides regulations on student assessment as well as recommendations on assessment strategies.
The grading system in Georgia ranges from 1 to 10, with the following four levels of grades: high (10, 9, and 8), average (7 and 6), below average (5 and 4), and poor (3, 2, and 1). Numeric grades are not given in Grades 1 to 4. Instead, class teachers write short notes about overall student performance based on information from all teachers at the end of each semester.
In 2011, the Ministry of Education and Science introduced the School Leaving Examinations (SLE). To obtain a school diploma, 12th grade students must pass standardized examinations in nine subjects. Examinations are administered on computers. Apart from the SLE, there are no other centralized examinations in schools. Schools have the right to introduce their own examinations at the end of the academic year.