Georgia School Superintendent Richard Woods said he will develop an action plan to eliminate the pressure from standardized testing after the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) said it would not be granting testing waivers for the current school year.

Georgia was the first state to request a waiver for standardized tests, which are used to determine students’ academic position, after schools closed in March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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