Georgia - 2017

Final Grade

B

Graduation Requirements

Is a high school course with personal finance concepts required to be taken as a graduation requirement? Yes, high school students in Georgia are required to take a half-year course in economics for graduation. See: Georgia High School Graduation Requirements (page 5).

High School Education Standards

The economics course has 21 standards and six of these standards are personal finance in nature. Based on this information, we estimate that students receive approximately 17 hours of instruction in personal finance. See: Georgia Economics Standards.

Assessments

Georgia requires statewide end-of-course assessments on all of its core high school courses, including economics. We received confirmation from the Division of Curriculum & Instruction and the Office of Assessment & Accountability that the economics assessment includes questions related to personal finance. See: Georgia High School Assessments. However, only 20% of the assessment questions for economics are personal finance in nature, which, according to the Georgia Department of Education, makes their reliability insufficient to determine student achievement in personal finance.