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American Literature and
Composition
EOC Test Prep Materials
For the complete Georgia Milestones Assessment Guide for this grade level, go to the GA DOE Website
at gadoe.org and search for the EOC Assessment Guides – choose your grade level. Here’s the link:
http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Pages/Georgia-Milestones-
End-of-Course-Assessment-Guides.aspx
Student Name: ______________________________
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On the following pages are the answers for all the content questions. Note that the third column of
the answer key provides a DOK Level. “Depth of Knowledge” (DOK) is the complexity or depth of
understanding required to answer or explain an assessment item. Four distinct depths of knowledge
levels have been identified in education.
Level 1 includes basic recall of facts, concepts, information or procedures.
Level 2 includes skills and concepts such as the use of information (graphs) or requires two or more
steps with decision points along the way.
Level 3 includes strategic thinking that requires reasoning and is abstract and complex.
Level 4 includes extended thinking such as an investigation or application to real work.
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See the following pages for scoring rubrics and
exemplar responses to questions 7 - 10.
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The 4 point holistic rubric used to score this text-based narrative response is found on page 18.
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Item 9 continued:
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The 7 point rubric used to score the following response is found on packet pages 19 & 20.
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For more information and examples concerning these short responses and essay questions, go to
gadoe.org and search for the American Literature EOC Assessment Guide OR use this link:
http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-
Assessment/Assessment/Documents/GM%20American%20Literature%20EOC%20Assessment%20Guide.pdf
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EOC Practice Test Prep Bubble Sheet Answer Key Student Name: __________________________________________
American Literature & Composition
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Answer number 8 below: American Literature & Composition
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Answer number 9 below:
American Literature & Composition
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American Literature & Composition
Answer number 10 on the following page. NOTE on the actual EOC there will be multiple pages for
students to use when answering their essay question.
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