1. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org

2. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Georgia Milestones Comprehensive single program – an assessment system – not series of tests (e.g., CRCT; EOCT; Writing Assessment) Coherent consistent expectations and challenge to position Georgia students to compete with peers nationally and internationally consistent signal about student preparedness for the next level, be it the next grade, course, or college/career consistent signal about student achievement both within system (across grades and courses) and with external measures (NAEP; PSAT; SAT; ACT) Consolidate combine reading, language arts, and writing into a single measure to align to the standards; reduce number of mandated tests The Department has worked with the University and Technical College Systems, as well as business and industry representatives, to define college and career readiness.

3. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Georgia Milestones Grades 3 – 8 End of Grade (EOG) in language arts, mathematics, science, social studies High School End of Course (EOC) in 9 th Grade Literature & Composition, American Literature & Composition, Coordinate Algebra, Analytic Geometry, Physical Science, Biology, US History, and Economics ¤ Single Assessment System ¤

4. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Georgia Milestones: Unique Features Blended: Criterion-Referenced and Norm-Referenced Georgia Milestones will provide: criterion-referenced performance information in the form of four performance levels, depicting students’ mastery of state standards norm-referenced performance information in the form of national percentiles, describing how students’ achievement compares to peers nationally It is important to note that Georgia Milestones does not include an intact NRT; rather, students will take a representative sample of items selected from a nationally normed test.

5. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Georgia Milestones Blended: Criterion-Referenced and Norm-Referenced Georgia Milestones will provide: criterion-referenced performance information in the form of four performance levels, depicting students’ mastery of state standards norm-referenced performance information in the form of national percentiles, depicting how students’ achievement compares to peers nationally Note: To provide norm-referenced information, some norm-referenced items may not align to Georgia’s content standards. Only aligned NRT items will contribute to proficiency designations.

6. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Georgia Milestones It is important to remember that Georgia Milestones is primarily a criterion-referenced test, reflecting the content standards for each grade and course.

7. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Georgia Milestones: Unique Features Item Types Selected-Response [aka, multiple-choice] all content areas evidence-based selected response in ELA Constructed-Response ELA and mathematics Extended-Response ELA and mathematics Technology Enhanced to begin in 2016-2017 Constructed response … is a general term for assessment items that require the student to generate a response as opposed to selecting a response. Extended-response items … require more elaborate answers and explanations of reasoning. They allow for varying methods of arriving at the correct answer. Writing prompts and performance tasks are examples of extended-response items.

8. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Georgia Milestones Two paramount principles guiding Georgia Milestones: be sufficiently challenging to ensure Georgia students are well positioned to compete with other students across the United States and internationally; be intentionally designed across grade levels to send a clear signal of student progress/growth and preparedness for the next level, be it the next grade level, course, or college or career.

9. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Grade 4 Reading: CRCT vs NAEP

10. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Grade 8 Reading: CRCT vs NAEP

11. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Grade 4 Mathematics: CRCT vs NAEP

12. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Grade 8 Mathematics: CRCT vs NAEP

13. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Consistent Signal? Achievement of Georgia Students in Reading 2013 NAEP – Grade 4: 34% at/above proficient CRCT – Grade 4:93% met/exceeded (2014: 94%) Achievement of Georgia Students in Mathematics 2013 NAEP – Grade 4: 39% at/above proficient CRCT – Grade 4:84% met/exceeded (2014: 82%) Achievement of Georgia Students in Science 2011 NAEP – Grade 8: 30% at/above proficient CRCT – Grade 8:67% met/exceeded (2014: 78%)

14. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Consistent Signal? Achievement of Georgia Students in Reading 2013 NAEP – Grade 8: 32% at/above proficient CRCT – Grade 8:97% met/exceeded (2014: 97%) 9 th Grade Literature EOCT: 86% met/exceeded (2014: 88%) American Literature EOCT:91% met/exceeded (2014: 93%) SAT – Class of 2013:43% college ready benchmark 1 (2014: 44% 2 ) ACT – Class of 2013:43% college ready benchmark 3 ( 2014: 41% 4 ) 2012 PSAT – sophomores:40% on track to be CCR (2014: 30%) 1 SAT data represent 71% of Class of 2013 2 SAT data represent 74% of Class of 2014 3 ACT data represent 51% of Class of 2013 4 ACT data represent 55% of Class of 2014

15. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Consistent Signal? Achievement of Georgia Students in Mathematics 2013 NAEP – Grade 8: 29% at/above proficient CRCT – Grade 8:83% met/exceeded (2014: 82%) Coordinate Algebra EOCT: 37% met/exceeded (2014: 40%) SAT – Class of 2013:42% college ready benchmark 1 (2014: 44% 2 ) ACT – Class of 2013:38% college ready benchmark 3 (2014: 44% 4 ) 2012 PSAT – Sophomores:37% on track to be CCR (2014: 35%) 2014 Analytic Geometry:36% met/exceeded 1 SAT data represent 71% of Class of 2013 2 SAT data represent 74% of Class of 2014 3 ACT data represent 51% of Class of 2013 4 ACT data represent 55% of Class of 2014

16. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION Historically, Georgia’s expectations for student achievement have been low compared to other states. However, Georgia does not have the lowest achieving students in the nation. In short, Georgia’s students have out-performed our low expectations.

17. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org College or Career Readiness Students who are college or career ready are on-track to possess the English language arts/literacy/ mathematics knowledge and skills needed upon graduation to enter directly and succeed in ‒entry-level credit-bearing postsecondary courses, without the need for remedial coursework; or ‒job training and/or postsecondary education necessary for his/her chosen career (e.g., technical/vocational program, community college, apprenticeship or significant on-the- job training).

18. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Georgia Milestones Achievement Levels Beginning Learners do not yet demonstrate proficiency in the knowledge and skills necessary at this grade level/course of learning, as specified in Georgia’s content standards. The students need substantial academic support to be prepared for the next grade level or course and to be on track for college and career readiness. Developing Learners demonstrate partial proficiency in the knowledge and skills necessary at this grade level/course of learning, as specified by in Georgia’s content standards. The students need additional academic support to ensure success in the next grade level or course and to be on track for college and career readiness. Proficient Learners demonstrate proficiency in the knowledge and skills necessary at this grade level/course of learning, as specified in Georgia’s content standards. The students are prepared for the next grade level or course and are on track for college and career readiness. Distinguished Learners demonstrate advanced proficiency in the knowledge and skills necessary at this grade level/course of learning, as specified in Georgia’s content standards. The students are well prepared for the next grade level or course and are well prepared for college and career readiness.

19. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Georgia Milestones Scores Scores will consist of the following: ‒Scale Scores ‒Achievement Levels designating proficiency ‒For ELA, grade level reading determination, Lexile, and writing rubric scores Reading – Below Grade Level / Grade Level or Above Writing – rubric scores (narrative & extended) ‒For other content areas, domain mastery signals: Remediate Learning / Monitor Learning / Accelerate Learning ‒For embedded norm-referenced items, national percentile ranks

20. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Georgia Milestones Scores Preliminary scores for the state will be available after standard setting and State Board adoption District and School scores will be available in late October Results will be reported in terms of the percent of students who achieve each achievement level: % Beginning Learner % Developing Learner % Proficient Learner % Distinguished Learner Results will be summarized as follows: % Developing & Above% Proficient & Above Results are not comparable to previous tests (CRCT/EOCT)

21. Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Georgia Milestones Achievement Levels Beginning Learners do not yet demonstrate proficiency in the knowledge and skills necessary at this grade level/course of learning, as specified in Georgia’s content standards. The students need substantial academic support to be prepared for the next grade level or course and to be on track for college and career readiness. Developing Learners demonstrate partial proficiency in the knowledge and skills necessary at this grade level/course of learning, as specified by in Georgia’s content standards. The students need additional academic support to ensure success in the next grade level or course and to be on track for college and career readiness. Proficient Learners demonstrate proficiency in the knowledge and skills necessary at this grade level/course of learning, as specified in Georgia’s content standards. The students are prepared for the next grade level or course and are on track for college and career readiness. Distinguished Learners demonstrate advanced proficiency in the knowledge and skills necessary at this grade level/course of learning, as specified in Georgia’s content standards. The students are well prepared for the next grade level or course and are well prepared for college and career readiness.