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title: "Georgia Milestones End-of-Grade test: Grade 4 English Language Arts"
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# Georgia Milestones End-of-Grade test: Grade 4 English Language Arts

What the Georgia Milestones end-of-grade test for Grade 4 English Language Arts 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-Grade test, Grade 4 English Language Arts
- Total points: 60
- Standards assessed: 15

## Reporting categories

Points are the blueprint's approximate figures. Each percent is of the test's 60 points, rounded; a range such as 7–8 counts at its midpoint.

### Texts: Interpreting Texts: 28 points, about 47% of the test

**Context**: Students describe the influences of purpose and audience on texts. (6 points; one pool shared with the row for 4.T.SS.1, 4.T.SS.2: count these points once, never once per row)

- **4.T.C.1 (a, b)**: Purpose and Audience in Texts. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.C.1.md
- **4.T.C.2 (a, c)**: Authors, Speakers & Perspectives. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.C.2.md

**Structure & Style**: Students build and apply knowledge about language and organizational structures and elements used to convey and arrange ideas and information in texts. (6 points; one pool shared with the row for 4.T.C.1, 4.T.C.2: count these points once, never once per row)

- **4.T.SS.1 (a)**: Text Organizational Structures. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.SS.1.md
- **4.T.SS.2 (a)**: Craft & Language in Texts. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.SS.2.md

**Techniques**: Students explain, analyze, and use various techniques to comprehend and shape meaning. (16 points)

- **4.T.T.1 (a, b, c, d)**: Narrative Techniques Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.T.1.md
- **4.T.T.2 (a, b, c)**: Expository Techniques Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.T.2.md
- **4.T.T.3 (a)**: Opinion Techniques Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.T.3.md
- **4.T.T.4 (a)**: Poetic Techniques Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.T.4.md

**Research & Analysis**: Students use, discuss, analyze, and curate texts as they engage in various conversations, activities, and projects about a range of grade-level texts and topics. (6 points)

- **4.T.RA.1 (a, b)**: Research & Inquiry Process. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.RA.1.md
- **4.T.RA.2 (a, b)**: Curating Sources & Evidence. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.RA.2.md

### Texts: Constructing Texts: 14 points, about 23% of the test

**Context**: Students describe the influences of purpose and audience on texts. (6 points; one pool shared with the row for 4.T.SS.1, 4.T.SS.2: count these points once, never once per row)

- **4.T.C.1 (c)**: Purpose and Audience in Texts. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.C.1.md

**Structure & Style**: Students build and apply knowledge about language and organizational structures and elements used to convey and arrange ideas and information in texts. (6 points; one pool shared with the row for 4.T.C.1: count these points once, never once per row)

- **4.T.SS.1 (b, c, d)**: Text Organizational Structures. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.SS.1.md
- **4.T.SS.2 (b)**: Craft & Language in Texts. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.SS.2.md

**Research & Analysis**: Students use, discuss, analyze, and curate texts as they engage in various conversations, activities, and projects about a range of grade-level texts and topics. (8 points; one pool shared with the row for 4.T.T.1, 4.T.T.2, 4.T.T.3, 4.T.T.4: count these points once, never once per row)

- **4.T.RA.1 (c)**: Research & Inquiry Process. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.RA.1.md

**Techniques**: Students explain, analyze, and use various techniques to comprehend and shape meaning. (8 points; one pool shared with the row for 4.T.RA.1: count these points once, never once per row)

- **4.T.T.1 (e)**: Narrative Techniques Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.T.1.md
- **4.T.T.2 (d)**: Expository Techniques Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.T.2.md
- **4.T.T.3 (c)**: Opinion Techniques Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.T.3.md
- **4.T.T.4 (b)**: Poetic Techniques Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.T.4.md

### Language: Constructing Texts: 12 points, about 20% of the test

**Grammar Conventions**: Students observe, analyze, and use the structures and conventions of Standard English grammar, usage, and mechanics as they interpret and construct texts. (12 points; one pool shared with the row for 4.L.V.1, 4.L.V.2, 4.L.V.3: count these points once, never once per row)

- **4.L.GC.1 * GUM**: Grammar Usage and Mechanics. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.L.GC.1.md
- **4.L.GC.2 (b, c, d)**: Sentence Structure and Syntax. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.L.GC.2.md

**Vocabulary**: Students engage in a wide range of written and spoken activities during which they expand and deepen their vocabularies, build word analysis skillsets (morphology), and determine or clarify the meanings of words and phrases. (12 points; one pool shared with the row for 4.L.GC.1, 4.L.GC.2: count these points once, never once per row)

- **4.L.V.1 (b)**: Academic Vocabulary Acquisition. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.L.V.1.md
- **4.L.V.2 (c)**: Word Analysis Skills. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.L.V.2.md
- **4.L.V.3 (e)**: Word Meaning and Purpose. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.L.V.3.md

### Language: Interpreting Texts: 6 points, about 10% of the test

**Grammar Conventions**: Students observe, analyze, and use the structures and conventions of Standard English grammar, usage, and mechanics as they interpret and construct texts. (6 points; one pool shared with the row for 4.L.V.1, 4.L.V.2, 4.L.V.3: count these points once, never once per row)

- **4.L.GC.2 (a)**: Sentence Structure and Syntax. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.L.GC.2.md

**Vocabulary**: Students engage in a wide range of written and spoken activities during which they expand and deepen their vocabularies, build word analysis skillsets (morphology), and determine or clarify the meanings of words and phrases. (6 points; one pool shared with the row for 4.L.GC.2: count these points once, never once per row)

- **4.L.V.1 (a)**: Academic Vocabulary Acquisition. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.L.V.1.md
- **4.L.V.2 (a, b)**: Word Analysis Skills. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.L.V.2.md
- **4.L.V.3 (a, b, c, d)**: Word Meaning and Purpose. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.L.V.3.md

Marked * GUM: from the blueprint, "4.L.GC.1 skills that are assessed will come from the Master and Reinforce levels in the GUM chart."

## Also part of the test, without points of their own

### Practices

From the blueprint: "The Standards and Expectations for the Practices Domain will be embedded within items aligned to the Texts and Language Standards and Expectations."

- **K-12.P.EICC.1**: Reader and Writer Identity. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.P.EICC.1.md
- **K-12.P.CP.1**: Collaborative Goal Achievement. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.P.CP.1.md
- **K-12.P.EICC.4**: Writing Process Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.P.EICC.4.md
- **K-12.P.AC.3**: Text Design Impact. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.P.AC.3.md
- **K-12.P.AC.2**: Writing Like a Reader. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.P.AC.2.md
- **K-12.P.ST.1**: Context in Texts. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.P.ST.1.md
- **K-12.P.EICC.2**: Intentional Text Connections. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.P.EICC.2.md
- **K-12.P.EICC.3**: Before, During & After Reading. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.P.EICC.3.md
- **K-12.P.ST.2**: Author Audience and Purpose. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.P.ST.2.md
- **K-12.P.AC.1**: Reading Like a Writer. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.P.AC.1.md
- **K-12.P.CP.2**: Audience-Focused Presentation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.P.CP.2.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: 3 to 6 points (5% to 10%)
- Level 2: 27 to 36 points (45% to 60%)
- Level 3: 18 to 30 points (30% to 50%)
- Level 4: NA points (NA)

## Kinds of questions

- 1-point Selected-Response and Technology-Enhanced: 30 items, 30 points
- 2-point Technology-Enhanced: 15 items, 30 points
- Field Test Items: 8 items, 0 points (field test questions do not count toward the score)
- **Total**: 53 items, 60 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, 15 of the 15 standards have them; each standard's page shows them.

## 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/grade-4-ela.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. Georgia Homeroom is not affiliated with the Georgia Department of Education.