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Assessment Updates:Georgia Milestones
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Georgia Milestones IS: • Replacing the CRCT (EOG), EOCT, and Writing Assessments• A series of tests elementary level through high school• Connected to an online study tool- GOFAR (Formerly OAS)• Combining multiple choice and written response for all
subjects• A necessary rigor for our students• Going to transition over time to all online testing to include
technology-enhanced items beginning in 2016-2017•Measured by achievement and student growth
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Georgia Students are not scoring as high as we would like among their National Peers.
This is a large part of the reasoning behind the added rigor and new growth component.
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Scoring Your Student: Growth vs. Achievement
• SGPs describe the amount of growth a student has demonstrated relative to academically-similar students – those with the same achievement history – from across the state.
• A student’s SGP describes how he or she grew relative to academically-similar students from across the state, not how well he or she attained proficiency on the assessment. Students can demonstrate low or high growth regardless of where they start.
• A common concern regarding a new assessment, especially one with higher expectations for student proficiency, is that levels of student growth will be lower. Importantly, overall student growth may not necessarily be lower as a result of the assessment transition. Even though students may demonstrate lower proficiency rates overall on this new Georgia Milestones, it is likely they will continue to learn and grow.
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What will the SGP or GSGM Look like?
EPMS
High Achievement
& Low Growth
Lower Achievement
& Low Growth Lower Achievement
& Higher Growth
High Achievement
& Higher Growth
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For more information please see the National PTA Parent Guide to New Tests in Georgia
http://www.pta.org/files/Advocacy/CCSSIToolkit/Common%20Core%20State%20Standards%20Resources/Assessments%20Resouces/PTA_GA_6PG_17DEC13_FINAL.pdf