Georgia MilestonesASSESSMENT SYSTEM

FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION:2014-2015

“This opportunity allows us to recalibrate, as a state, and refocus on teaching and learning as a

primary emphasis with assessment and accountability serving a supporting role.”

Georgia Milestones

Replaces: Criterion Reference Competency Test (CRCT) – Grades 3-8 End Of Course Tests (EOCT) – High School courses Writing Assessments in grades 3, 5, and 8• writing, in response to text, will be assessed

as part of the ELA assessment in each grade and course

GA Milestones will…Address higher expectations and rigor

Indicate student preparedness for the next level

Indicate student achievement both within system and with external measures

Combine reading, language arts, and writing into a single measure to align to the standards

Blended Assessment: Criterion-Referenced and Norm-Referenced

• criterion-referenced (CR) performance information: students’ mastery of state standards (CCGPS/GPS). Proficiency*

• norm-referenced (NRT) performance information: national percentiles, depicting how students’ achievement compares to peers nationally

• some norm-referenced items may not align to Georgia’s content standards. Only aligned NR items will contribute to *proficiency designations.

Georgia MilestonesGrades 3-8:

End of Grade (EOG) in language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies

High School: End of Course (EOC) in 9th Grade Literature

& Composition, American Literature & Composition, Coordinate Algebra, Analytic

Geometry, Physical Science, Biology, US History, and Economics

Georgia Milestones

Item Types• Selected-Response [multiple-choice]

– all content areas– evidence-based selected response in ELA

• Constructed-Response– ELA and mathematics

• Extended-Response– ELA and mathematics

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Technology Enhanced

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Resources Available NOW• Content standards

– frameworks, formative lessons, PARCC evidence statements• Sample items

– formative items/benchmarks via Georgia OAS→GOFAR; – released items via PARCC, other states (KY, NY), NAEP– parent’s guide to Georgia’s new assessment developed by the National

PTA – CRCT Readiness Indicators

• Lexiles –Matches student’s reading level with the difficulty of the text• Technology Specifications

Resources Available SOON• Sample items specific to Georgia Milestones• Ancillary support resources, such as

– Content Descriptions (test blueprints)– Student Study Guides– Accommodations Guidelines– Assessment for Learning Modules [types of items to elicit evidence of

student learning]– Informational videos [parents & public / educators]

Ga Milestones Online

• Online will be the primary mode of administration with paper/pencil serving as back-up• Transition will occur over time –

30% online 2014-2015“each school administering some degree of Georgia

Milestones testing online across all grades” • Addition of technology-enhanced items

beginning in 2016-2017• Administration procedures will change over time

Technology NeedsInformation from DOE indicates thatour computer labs are currently not

equipped to accommodate this type of online testing.

Promotion - Retention• Third graders must pass the reading portion

of the Ga Milestones to be eligible for promotion.

• Fifth and eight graders must pass both the reading and math portions of the Ga Milestones to be eligible for promotion.

Promotion - Retention

• Baldwin County Policy: Fourth graders must pass the reading portion of the Ga Milestones to be eligible for promotion.

• GaDOE will be able to pinpoint the reading area within the ELA assessment.

Re-test

• Students who are not proficient in the Spring main administration of the Georgia Milestones will have the opportunity to receive remediation and re-test at the end of the school year.

• GA tentative testing window: May 11- July 24, 2015 Baldwin County’s tentative window: May 14 – 20. 2015

Achievement expectations for the Georgia Milestones Assessment System have not been determined.

Updates available in September.

STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES

“SLOs”

What are SLOs?

Designed to measure student progress between two points in timePre-Assessment and Post-Assessment

Developed by the districtApproved by GaDOE

What is the purpose of SLOs?

Improve student achievement at the classroom level

For non-tested subjectsVital component of the Teacher Keys

Effectiveness System

Process of Creating SLOsIdentified priority standardsCreated 50 SLO Assessments

Submitted to GaDOEAPPROVED BY GaDOE!

Next StepsUpload to Performance Matters Platform

Print PreK-2Administer Pre-Assessment in

SeptemberData will drive instruction

Post-Assessment at end of course (nine weeks or semester or year long)