Uncertainty about specifics, but a welcome change for educators is the general reaction to a new state law – if Gov. Nathan Deal signs it — that reduces the number of mandatory tests in schools and lessens the effect of test results on teacher evaluations. The legislation passed by the General Assembly would cut the number of required tests from 32 to 24 and would reduce the percentage those test results make up of a teacher’s evaluation from 50 percent to 30 percent.