Georgia Milestones · End-of-Course test

Biology

What the Georgia Milestones end-of-course test for Biology 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.

Total points: 46
Reporting categories: 5
Standards assessed: 6

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Reporting categories

Points are the blueprint's approximate figures. Each percent is of the test's 46 points, rounded; a range such as 7–8 counts at its midpoint.

Ecology

12 points, about 26% of the test

SB5 (a, b, c, d, e)Ecosystem InterdependenceAchievement levels

Cellular Genetics & Heredity

11 points, about 24% of the test

SB2 (a, b, c)Genetic Information ExpressionAchievement levels
SB3 (a, b, c)Heredity and Trait TransmissionAchievement levels

Cells

9 points, about 20% of the test

SB1 (a, b, c, d, e)Cell Structures and FunctionsAchievement levels

Theory of Evolution

8 points, about 17% of the test

SB6 (a, b, c, d, e)Theory of EvolutionAchievement levels

Classification & Phylogeny

6 points, about 13% of the test

SB4 (a, b, c)Organism Systems OrganizationAchievement levels

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.”

DOK	Points	Share of the test
Level 1	5 to 9	10% to 20%
Level 2	23 to 28	50% to 60%
Level 3	12 to 16	25% to 35%
Level 4	Not on this test

Kinds of questions

Question type	Questions	Points
1-point Selected-Response and Technology-Enhanced Items	30	30
2-point Technology-Enhanced Items	8	16
Field Test Items	4	0
Total	42	46

Field test questions do not count toward the score.

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, 6 of the 6 standards have them, marked “Achievement levels” above; 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. Read the rule

Practice tests

The Georgia Department of Education's Georgia Milestones page links the state's online practice tests, Experience Online Testing Georgia.

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