Georgia Milestones · End-of-Grade test

Grade 5 English Language Arts

What the Georgia Milestones end-of-grade test for Grade 5 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.

Total points: 60
Reporting categories: 4
Standards assessed: 15

Grade 5 English Language Arts Standards: the full list →

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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 5.T.SS.1, 5.T.SS.2: count these points once, never once per row.

5.T.C.1 (a, b)Purpose and Audience in TextsAchievement levels
5.T.C.2 (a, c)Authors, Speakers & PerspectiveAchievement levels

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 5.T.C.1, 5.T.C.2: count these points once, never once per row.

5.T.SS.1 (a)Text Organizational StructuresAchievement levels
5.T.SS.2 (a)Language Craft in TextsAchievement levels

Techniques: Students explain, analyze, and use various techniques to comprehend and shape meaning.

16 points

5.T.T.1 (a, b, c, d)Narrative Techniques OverviewAchievement levels
5.T.T.2 (a, b, c)Expository Techniques OverviewAchievement levels
5.T.T.3 (a)Opinion Techniques OverviewAchievement levels
5.T.T.4 (a)Poetic Techniques OverviewAchievement levels

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

5.T.RA.1 (a, b)Research & Inquiry ProcessAchievement levels
5.T.RA.2 (a, b)Curating Sources & EvidenceAchievement levels

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 5.T.SS.1, 5.T.SS.2: count these points once, never once per row.

5.T.C.1 (c)Purpose and Audience in TextsAchievement levels

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 5.T.C.1: count these points once, never once per row.

5.T.SS.1 (b, c, d)Text Organizational StructuresAchievement levels
5.T.SS.2 (b)Language Craft in TextsAchievement levels

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 5.T.T.1, 5.T.T.2, 5.T.T.3, 5.T.T.4: count these points once, never once per row.

5.T.RA.1 (c)Research & Inquiry ProcessAchievement levels
5.T.RA.2 (c)Curating Sources & EvidenceAchievement levels

Techniques: Students explain, analyze, and use various techniques to comprehend and shape meaning.

8 points · One pool shared with the row for 5.T.RA.1, 5.T.RA.2: count these points once, never once per row.

5.T.T.1 (e)Narrative Techniques OverviewAchievement levels
5.T.T.2 (d)Expository Techniques OverviewAchievement levels
5.T.T.3 (c)Opinion Techniques OverviewAchievement levels
5.T.T.4 (b)Poetic Techniques OverviewAchievement levels

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 5.L.V.1, 5.L.V.2, 5.L.V.3: count these points once, never once per row.

5.L.GC.1 * GUMGrammar, Usage, and MechanicsAchievement levels
5.L.GC.2 (b, c, d)Sentence Structure and SyntaxAchievement levels

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 5.L.GC.1, 5.L.GC.2: count these points once, never once per row.

5.L.V.1 (b)General and Academic VocabularyAchievement levels
5.L.V.2 (c)Word Analysis SkillsAchievement levels
5.L.V.3 (e)Word Meaning and PurposeAchievement levels

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 5.L.V.1, 5.L.V.2, 5.L.V.3: count these points once, never once per row.

5.L.GC.2 (a)Sentence Structure and SyntaxAchievement levels

6 points · One pool shared with the row for 5.L.GC.2: count these points once, never once per row.

5.L.V.1 (a)General and Academic VocabularyAchievement levels
5.L.V.2 (a, b)Word Analysis SkillsAchievement levels
5.L.V.3 (a, b, c, d)Word Meaning and PurposeAchievement levels

Marked * GUM: from the blueprint, “5.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.1Reader and Writer Identity
K-12.P.CP.1Collaborative Goal Achievement
K-12.P.EICC.4Writing Processes Overview
K-12.P.AC.3Text Design Impact
K-12.P.AC.2Writing Like a Reader
K-12.P.ST.1Context in Texts
K-12.P.EICC.2Purposeful Text Engagement
K-12.P.EICC.3Comprehension Strategy Use
K-12.P.ST.2Author Audience and Purpose
K-12.P.AC.1Reading Like a Writer
K-12.P.CP.2Audience-Tailored Presentation

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	3 to 6	5% to 10%
Level 2	21 to 33	35% to 55%
Level 3	15 to 24	25% to 40%
Level 4	8	13%

Kinds of questions

Question type	Questions	Points
1-point Selected-Response and Technology-Enhanced	28	28
2-point Technology-Enhanced	12	24
8-point Extended Writing Task	1	8
Field Test Items	8	0
Total	49	60

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, 15 of the 15 standards have them, marked “Achievement levels” above; 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.

Every Georgia Milestones test