TEST STRUCTURE Description of Test Format and Organization The Georgia Milestones American Literature and Composition EOC assessment is primarily a test designed to provide information about how well a student has mastered the content standards that comprise the course. Each student will receive one of four proficiency levels, depending on how well the student has mastered the course content standards. In addition to criterion-referenced information, the Georgia Milestones measures will also include a limited sample of nationally norm-referenced items to provide a signal of how Georgia students areachieving relative to their peers nationally. The norm-referenced information provided is supplementary to the criterion-referenced proficiency designation and will not be utilized in any manner other than to serve as a barometer of national comparison. Only the criterion-referenced scores and proficiency designations will be utilized in the accountability metrics associated with the assessment program (such as student course grades, student growth measures, educator effectiveness measures, and the CCRPI). The American Literature and Composition EOC assessment consists of a total of 60 items, 54 of which are operational items (and contribute to a student’s criterion-referenced and/or norm-referenced score) and 6 of which are field test items (newly written items that are being tried out and do not contribute to the student’s scores). The criterion-referenced score, and proficiency designation, is comprised of 44 items, for a total of 55 points. Students will respond to a variety of item types, including selected-response, constructed-response, and extended writing-response items. Of the 54 operational items, 20 will be norm-referenced and will provide a national comparison in the form of a national percentile rank. Ten of the items have been verified as aligned to the course content standards by Georgia educators and will therefore contribute to the criterion-referenced proficiency designation. The other 10 items will contribute only to the national percentile rank and be provided as supplemental information. Only items that are aligned to the state-adopted content standards will be utilized to inform the criterion-referenced score. With the inclusion of the norm-referenced items, students may encounter items for which they have not received direct instruction. These items will not contribute to the student’s criterion-referenced proficiency designation; only items that align to the course content standards will contribute to the criterion-referenced score. Students should be instructed to try their best should they ask about an item that is not aligned to the content they have learned as part of the course.
TEST STRUCTURE Description of Test Format and Organization The Georgia Milestones American Literature and Composition EOC assessment is primarily a test designed to provide information about how well a student has mastered the content standards that comprise the course. Each student will receive one of four proficiency levels, depending on how well the student has mastered the course content standards. In addition to criterion-referenced information, the Georgia Milestones measures will also include a limited sample of nationally norm-referenced items to provide a signal of how Georgia students areachieving relative to their peers nationally. The norm-referenced information provided is supplementary to the criterion-referenced proficiency designation and will not be utilized in any manner other than to serve as a barometer of national comparison. Only the criterion-referenced scores and proficiency designations will be utilized in the accountability metrics associated with the assessment program (such as student course grades, student growth measures, educator effectiveness measures, and the CCRPI). The American Literature and Composition EOC assessment consists of a total of 60 items, 54 of which are operational items (and contribute to a student’s criterion-referenced and/or norm-referenced score) and 6 of which are field test items (newly written items that are being tried out and do not contribute to the student’s scores). The criterion-referenced score, and proficiency designation, is comprised of 44 items, for a total of 55 points. Students will respond to a variety of item types, including selected-response, constructed-response, and extended writing-response items. Of the 54 operational items, 20 will be norm-referenced and will provide a national comparison in the form of a national percentile rank. Ten of the items have been verified as aligned to the course content standards by Georgia educators and will therefore contribute to the criterion-referenced proficiency designation. The other 10 items will contribute only to the national percentile rank and be provided as supplemental information. Only items that are aligned to the state-adopted content standards will be utilized to inform the criterion-referenced score. With the inclusion of the norm-referenced items, students may encounter items for which they have not received direct instruction. These items will not contribute to the student’s criterion-referenced proficiency designation; only items that align to the course content standards will contribute to the criterion-referenced score. Students should be instructed to try their best should they ask about an item that is not aligned to the content they have learned as part of the course.
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