--- title: "Georgia Milestones End-of-Course test: Algebra: Concepts & Connections" subject: math course: "Algebra: Concepts & Connections" assessment_id: gmas_eoc_algebra_i language: en canonical_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/milestones/algebra-concepts-and-connections md_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/milestones/algebra-concepts-and-connections.md alternate_language_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/es/milestones/algebra-concepts-and-connections.md data_built: 2026-11-06 publisher: Georgia Homeroom, a free public-interest project of Georgia Civic Data. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Georgia Department of Education or any school district. total_points: 58 standards_count: 9 up: https://georgiahomeroom.org/milestones.md previous: https://georgiahomeroom.org/milestones/grade-8-social-studies.md next: https://georgiahomeroom.org/milestones/biology.md index: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/index.md --- # Georgia Milestones End-of-Course test: Algebra: Concepts & Connections What the Georgia Milestones end-of-course test for Algebra: Concepts & Connections covers, from the state's assessment blueprint: its reporting categories and their points, the standards each category assesses, how complex the questions are meant to be, and the kinds of questions on it. - Test: Georgia Milestones, End-of-Course test, Algebra: Concepts & Connections - Total points: 58 - Standards assessed: 9 ## Reporting categories Points are the blueprint's approximate figures. Each percent is of the test's 58 points, rounded; a range such as 7–8 counts at its midpoint. ### Functional & Graphical Reasoning: 21 points, about 36% of the test Construct and interpret arithmetic sequences as functions, algebraically and graphically, to model and explain real-life phenomena. Use formal notation to represent linear functions and the key characteristics of graphs of linear functions, and informally compare linear and non-linear functions using parent graphs. (7 points) - **A.FGR.2 +**: Linear Functions & Sequences. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.FGR.2.md Construct and interpret quadratic functions from data points to model and explain real-life phenomena; describe key characteristics of the graph of a quadratic function to explain a mathematically applicable situation for which the graph serves as a model. (7 points) - **A.FGR.7 +**: Quadratic Functions Modeling. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.FGR.7.md Construct and analyze the graph of an exponential function to explain a mathematically applicable situation for which the graph serves as a model; compare exponential with linear and quadratic functions. (7 points) - **A.FGR.9 +**: Exponential Function Graphs. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.FGR.9.md ### Patterning & Algebraic Reasoning: 19 points, about 33% of the test Create, analyze, and solve linear inequalities in two variables and systems of linear inequalities to model real-life phenomena. (7 points) - **A.PAR.4 +**: Linear Inequalities Systems. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.PAR.4.md Build quadratic expressions and equations to represent and model real-life phenomena; solve quadratic equations in mathematically applicable situations. (6 points) - **A.PAR.6 +**: Quadratic Expressions and Equations. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.PAR.6.md Create and analyze exponential expressions and equations to represent and model real-life phenomena; solve exponential equations in mathematically applicable situations. (6 points) - **A.PAR.8 +**: Exponential Expressions and Equations. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.PAR.8.md ### Data & Statistical Reasoning: 6 points, about 10% of the test Collect, analyze, and interpret univariate quantitative data to answer statistical investigative questions that compare groups to solve real-life problems; Represent bivariate data on a scatter plot and fit a function to the data to answer statistical questions and solve real-life problems. - **A.DSR.10 +**: Univariate and Bivariate Data. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.DSR.10.md ### Geometric & Spatial Reasoning: 6 points, about 10% of the test Solve problems involving distance, midpoint, slope, area, and perimeter to model and explain real-life phenomena. - **A.GSR.3 +**: Distance, Midpoint, and Area. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.GSR.3.md ### Numerical Reasoning: 6 points, about 10% of the test Investigate rational and irrational numbers and rewrite expressions involving square roots and cube roots. - **A.NR.5 +**: Radical & Irrational Numbers. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.NR.5.md Marked +: from the blueprint, "Standard A.MM.1 will be assessed in collaboration with all other content standards." ## Also part of the test, without points of their own ### Practices From the blueprint: "These practices are embedded within items aligned to the mathematics content standards but are not reported as a separate reporting category." - **A.MP.6**: Precision in Mathematics. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.MP.md - **A.MP.3**: Mathematical Arguments and Critique. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.MP.md - **A.MP.8**: Repeated Reasoning Regularity. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.MP.md - **A.MP.7**: Mathematical Structure Patterns. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.MP.md - **A.MP.1**: Perseverance in Problem-Solving. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.MP.md - **A.MP.4**: Modeling with Mathematics. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.MP.md - **A.MP.2**: Abstract and Quantitative Reasoning. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.MP.md - **A.MP.5**: Strategic Tool Selection. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.MP.md ### Modeling From the blueprint: "Standard A.MM.1 will be assessed in collaboration with all other content standards." - **A.MM.1.2**: Cross-Domain Mathematical Models. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.MM.1.md - **A.MM.1.5**: Quantities for Descriptive Modeling. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.MM.1.md - **A.MM.1.1**: Explaining Problems with Models. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.MM.1.md - **A.MM.1.3**: Units of Measure and Conversion. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.MM.1.md - **A.MM.1.4**: Representations for Real-Life Problems. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/A.MM.1.md ## Depth of Knowledge From the blueprint: "Depth of Knowledge (DOK) is measured on a scale of 1 to 4 and refers to the level of cognitive demand (different kinds of thinking) required to complete an assessment item." - Level 1: 12 to 17 points (20% to 30%) - Level 2: 32 to 38 points (55% to 65%) - Level 3: 6 to 12 points (10% to 20%) - Level 4: not on this test ## Kinds of questions - 1-point Selected-Response and Technology-Enhanced: 42 items, 42 points - 2-point Technology-Enhanced: 8 items, 16 points - Field Test Items: 5 items, 0 points (field test questions do not count toward the score) - **Total**: 55 items, 58 points ## Achievement levels For the subjects and grades Georgia tests, Georgia Homeroom shows what each Milestones achievement level means in practice, using the state's own descriptions. Georgia publishes these descriptions for tested content, so they are not available for every standard. On this test, 9 of the 9 standards have them; each standard's page shows them. ## How this test counts Under Georgia State Board of Education Rule 160-4-2-.13, an End-of-Course test is the final exam for its course, and its score counts for at least 10% of the student's final grade in the course. - The rule: https://apps.gadoe.org/sboe/SBOE%20Rules/160-4-2-.13.pdf ## Practice tests The Georgia Department of Education's Georgia Milestones page links the state's online practice tests, Experience Online Testing Georgia. - Experience Online Testing Georgia: https://www.gaexperienceonline.com/ - Georgia Milestones at the Georgia Department of Education: https://gadoe.org/assessment-accountability/georgia-milestones/ ## More - Every Georgia Milestones test: https://georgiahomeroom.org/milestones.md - Esta página en español: https://georgiahomeroom.org/es/milestones/algebra-concepts-and-connections.md - Every standards list, by subject and grade: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/index.md Source: Georgia Milestones Assessment Blueprint, published by the Georgia Department of Education. 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