“The Georgia Milestones Assessment System is a comprehensive summative assessment program and represents a single system of summative assessments that span all three levels of the state's educational system – elementary, middle, and high school.  The system is designed to send consistent signals about students' preparedness for the next level, be it the next grade, course, or endeavor, such as entering college or beginning a career after leaving the K-12 educational system.

Georgia Milestones measures how well students have learned the knowledge and skills outlined in the state-adopted content standards in English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. 

Georgia Milestones is a single assessment system that consists of end-of-grade measures in English language arts and mathematics in grades 3-8, end-of-grade measures in science in grades 5 and 8, end-of-grade measure in social studies in grade 8, and end-of-course measures for specified high school courses.

The end-of-course measures are administered at the completion of the course, regardless of the grade level, and include American Literature and Compositions, Biology, United States History, and Algebra: Concepts and Connections. Middle school students who are enrolled in one or more of these courses are required to take the associated end-of-course (EOC) measure. These measures serve as the final exam for the course and contribute a percentage of the student’s final course grade per State Board Rule 160-4-2-.13 Statewide Passing Score.” 

Click here for more information about Georgia Milestones.                   - Georgia Department of Education Assessment Division

“The Georgia Alternate Assessment (GAA) 2.0 is comprised of standardized performance tasks and is intended to provide tiered participation within the assessment for students working at various levels of complexity. The GAA 2.0 is designed to measure the degree to which students with significant cognitive disabilities have mastered alternate achievement standards in the core content areas of English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. The GAA 2.0 is administered to all eligible students in the following areas:

• ​Grades 3-8, and high school will be assessed in English language arts and mathematics.

• Grades 5, 8, and high school will be assessed in science. 

• Grades 8 and high school will be assessed in social studies.”

  - Georgia Department of Education Assessment Division

“MAP Growth, part of the Growth Activation Solution from NWEA, is the most trusted and innovative assessment for measuring achievement and growth in K–12 math, reading, and language usage. MAP stands for Measures of Academic Progress. It provides teachers with accurate, actionable evidence to help inform instructional strategies regardless of how far students are above or below grade level. It also connects to the largest set of instructional content providers, giving educators flexibility in curriculum choices.” 

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- nwea

“WIDA ​ACCESS (K – 12) is used to determine the English language proficiency levels and progress of ELs in the domains of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​WIDA ​ACCESS serves five main purposes. 

These include:

• determining the English language proficiency level of students;

• providing districts with information that will help them evaluate the effectiveness of their ESOL programs;

• providing information that enhances instruction and learning in programs for English language learners;

• assessing annual English language proficiency gains using a standards-based assessment instrument;

• providing data for meeting federal and state requirements with respect to student assessment.”

For more information about WIDA ACCESS, click here.

- Georgia Department of Education Assessment Division

The Write Score Assessment is given in grades 2 – 12. “Write Score provides robust tools for formative ELA assessments designed to help schools, teachers, and students improve literacy. With standards-aligned assessments, instructional resources, and historical student data reports, Write Score provides tools to help teachers pinpoint instruction, save time, and meet students’ diverse literacy needs. We pride ourselves on offering only the highest quality in our programs, customer service, and value.”

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- Write Score