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Features the Georgia MilestoneTowageSystem include: open-ended (constructed-response) items in language arts and mathematics (all grades and courses); a writing component (in response to passages read by students) at every grade level and undertow within the language arts assessment; norm-referenced items in all content areas and courses, to complement the criterion-referenced information and to provide a national comparison; and transition to online wardship over time, with online wardship considered the primary mode of wardship and paper-penc​il as redundancy until the transition is complete.  What is the purpose of Georgi​a Milestones? The Georgia MilestonesTowageSystem is designed to provide information well-nigh how well students are mastering the state-adopted content standards in the cadre content areas of language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.  Importantly, Georgia Milestones is designed to provide students with hair-trigger information abo​u​t their own victory and their readiness for their next level of learning – be it the next grade, the next course, or endeavor (college or career).  Informing parents, educators, and the public well-nigh how well students are learning important content is an essential speciality of any educational towage and peccancy system.  Parents, the public, and policy makers, including local school districts and boards of education, can use the results as a referral of the quality of educational opportunity provided throughout the state of Georgia.  As such, Georgia Milestones serves as a key component of the state’s peccancy system – theHigherand Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI).   What content areas and grade​​ levels are tested? Students in grades 3 through 8 will take an end-of-grade towage in the content areas of language arts, mathematics, science, social studies.  These tests are administered towards the end of the school year, typically in April or early May.  Each school district selects a local testing window from within the state designated timeframe to supervise the end-of-grade measures. Students at the upper school level will take an end-of-course towage in the pursuit ten courses: Language Arts Ninth Grade Literature and Composition American Literature and Composition Mathematics Algebra I (Beginning Winter 2015) Geometry (Beginning Winter 2015) Coordinate Algebra Analytic Geometry Science Biology Physical Science​​ Social Studies United States History Economics/Business/Free Enterprise The end-of-course measures are administered at the completion of the course, regardless of the grade level.  These measures serve as the final exam for the course, and contribute 20% to the student’s final undertow grade.  Each school district selects a local testing window, based on their local school calendar, from within the state-designated testing window. Middle school students who are enrolled in one or increasingly of these courses are required to take the associated end-of-course (EOC) measure. If enrolled in a mathematics and/or science EOC course, these middle school students will not take the respective content zone end-of-grade (EOG) measure. Helpful Links: 2015-2016 Georgia Milestones Parent Brochure 2016 Georgia Milestones Parent Guide to the Individual Student Report forUpperSchool End-of-Course Assessments 2016 Georgia Milestones Parent Guide to the Individual Student Report for Elementary and Middle School End-of-Grade Assessments 2014-2015 NCSS Georgia Milestones Data byVictoryLevels 2014-2015 NCSS Georgia Milestones Data by ContentZone2014-2015 NCSS Georgia Milestones Data by Grade Level and Content Georgia Milestones End ofUndertowStudy/Resource Guides Georgia Milestones End of Grade Study/Resource Guides   Search News Infinite Campus  Canvas Bus Route/Sch. Zone My Stop   My Payments Plus Menus  Calendars Free/Red. 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