Putnam’s school test scores rebounding from pandemic

This spring’s round of testing for the state’s public-school students showed steady improvement after dislocations brought by the COVID pandemic.

“We are not all the way back from our pre-pandemic levels, but we are getting close,” said Laura Melton, the Putnam school system’s curriculum director.

The pandemic hit Georgia in March 2020, and with it came a rush for the schoolhouse exit doors as stude…