According to the Georgia Department of Education website, those include the Barrow, Fannin, Franklin, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall and Jackson County districts.
Hall County School System spokesman Gordon Higgins said the reason Hall County didn't make AYP has to do with graduation rates.
"The state has a new standard on graduation rate," Higgins said. "They raised it from the previous standard which was 70 percent to 75 percent."
Higgins said the graduation rate for Hall County Schools is currently at 74 percent.
Included on the list of individual schools not making AYP are Chicopee Woods Elementary School in Hall County, Gainesville Middle School, Winder-Barrow High School and Jackson County High School.
Georgia schools still fared much better this year on federal benchmarks than last year, with nearly 80 percent passing muster.
New data released by the state Tuesday shows Georgia is catching up after seeing performance on ``adequate yearly progress'' plummet last year because of lagging math test scores. State schools Superintendent Kathy Cox said the improvement means students are meeting the challenge of a tougher curriculum and more rigorous standardized tests.
AYP is measured based on math and reading test scores, attendance and graduation rates, among other factors. It is part of the federal No Child Left Behind law, which was adopted in 2002 and aims for all U.S. students to perform math and reading at grade level by 2014.
*The Associated Press contributed to this report.
State schools Superintendent Kathy Cox
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