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title: "Georgia Milestones End-of-Grade test: Grade 5 Science"
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# Georgia Milestones End-of-Grade test: Grade 5 Science

What the Georgia Milestones end-of-grade test for Grade 5 Science 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 5 Science
- Total points: 46
- Standards assessed: 8

## 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.

### Life Science: 19 points, about 41% of the test

- **S5L1 (a, b)**: Scientific Classification of Organisms. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/S5L1.md
- **S5L2 (a, b)**: Inherited vs. Acquired Traits. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/S5L2.md
- **S5L3 (a, b, c)**: Plant and Animal Cells. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/S5L3.md
- **S5L4 (a, b)**: Microorganisms and Larger Organisms. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/S5L4.md

### Physical Science: 16 points, about 35% of the test

- **S5P1 (a, b, c)**: Physical vs. Chemical Changes. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/S5P1.md
- **S5P2 (a, b, c)**: Electricity Investigation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/S5P2.md
- **S5P3 (a, b)**: Magnetism and Electricity. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/S5P3.md

### Earth Science: 11 points, about 24% of the test

- **S5E1 (a, b, c)**: Earth's Surface Features. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/S5E1.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: 2 to 7 points (5% to 15%)
- Level 2: 23 to 28 points (50% to 60%)
- Level 3: 14 to 18 points (30% to 40%)
- Level 4: not on this test

## Kinds of questions

- 1-point Selected-Response and Technology-Enhanced Items: 30 items, 30 points
- 2-point Technology-Enhanced Items: 8 items, 16 points
- Field Test Items: 4 items, 0 points (field test questions do not count toward the score)
- **Total**: 42 items, 46 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, 8 of the 8 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-5-science.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.