Georgia Milestones · End-of-Grade test

Grade 7 English Language Arts

What the Georgia Milestones end-of-grade test for Grade 7 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: 16

Grade 7 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 recognize influences on texts and analyze how they shape meaning.

6 points · One pool shared with the row for 7.T.SS.1, 7.T.SS.2: count these points once, never once per row.

7.T.C.1 (a, b)Purpose and Audience ImpactAchievement levels
7.T.C.2 (a, b, c)Author Perspective and ContextAchievement levels

Structure & Style: Students analyze and use organizational structures and style to shape ideas and information.

6 points · One pool shared with the row for 7.T.C.1, 7.T.C.2: count these points once, never once per row.

7.T.SS.1 (a)Organizational Structures OverviewAchievement levels
7.T.SS.2 (a)Craft and Language OverviewAchievement levels

Periods & Movements: Students demonstrate knowledge of dominant themes, genres, and verbal styles of literature from a particular time period.

16 points · One pool shared with the row for 7.T.T.1, 7.T.T.2, 7.T.T.3, 7.T.T.4: count these points once, never once per row.

7.T.PM.1 (a, b)Literary Periods and MovementsAchievement levels

Techniques: Students analyze and apply various techniques to comprehend and shape meaning.

16 points · One pool shared with the row for 7.T.PM.1: count these points once, never once per row.

7.T.T.1 (a, b, c, d)Narrative Techniques OverviewAchievement levels
7.T.T.2 (a, b)Expository Techniques OverviewAchievement levels
7.T.T.3 (a)Argumentative Techniques OverviewAchievement levels
7.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

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

Texts: Constructing Texts

18 points, about 30% of the test

Context: Students recognize influences on texts and analyze how they shape meaning.

8 points · One pool shared with the row for 7.T.SS.1, 7.T.SS.2: count these points once, never once per row.

7.T.C.1 (c)Purpose and Audience ImpactAchievement levels
7.T.C.2 (d)Author Perspective and ContextAchievement levels

Structure & Style: Students analyze and use organizational structures and style to shape ideas and information.

8 points · One pool shared with the row for 7.T.C.1, 7.T.C.2: count these points once, never once per row.

7.T.SS.1 (b, c, d)Organizational Structures OverviewAchievement levels
7.T.SS.2 (b, c)Craft and Language 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.

10 points · One pool shared with the row for 7.T.T.1, 7.T.T.2, 7.T.T.3, 7.T.T.4: count these points once, never once per row.

7.T.RA.1 (c)Research and Inquiry ProcessAchievement levels
7.T.RA.2 (c)Curating Sources and EvidenceAchievement levels

Techniques: Students analyze and apply various techniques to comprehend and shape meaning.

10 points · One pool shared with the row for 7.T.RA.1, 7.T.RA.2: count these points once, never once per row.

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

Language: Constructing Texts

8 points, about 13% 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.

8 points · One pool shared with the row for 7.L.V.1, 7.L.V.2, 7.L.V.3: count these points once, never once per row.

7.L.GC.1 * GUMGrammar Conventions OverviewAchievement levels
7.L.GC.2 (b, c, d)Syntax for Clarity and StyleAchievement 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.

8 points · One pool shared with the row for 7.L.GC.1, 7.L.GC.2: count these points once, never once per row.

7.L.V.1 (b)Vocabulary Building ApproachesAchievement levels
7.L.V.2 (c, d)Word Analysis SkillsAchievement levels
7.L.V.3 (e)Denotation and ConnotationAchievement 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 7.L.V.1, 7.L.V.2, 7.L.V.3: count these points once, never once per row.

7.L.GC.2 (a)Syntax for Clarity and StyleAchievement levels

6 points · One pool shared with the row for 7.L.GC.2: count these points once, never once per row.

7.L.V.1 (a)Vocabulary Building ApproachesAchievement levels
7.L.V.2 (a, b)Word Analysis SkillsAchievement levels
7.L.V.3 (b, c, d)Denotation and ConnotationAchievement levels

Marked * GUM: from the blueprint, “7.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 Across Modes
K-12.P.AC.2Writing with Audience in Mind
K-12.P.ST.1Context in Texts
K-12.P.EICC.2Intentional Text Connections
K-12.P.EICC.3Before, During, After Reading Strategies
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	2 to 6	3% to 10%
Level 2	27 to 36	45% to 60%
Level 3	21 to 30	35% to 50%
Level 4	NA	NA

Kinds of questions

Question type	Questions	Points
1-point Selected-Response and Technology-Enhanced	30	30
2-point Technology-Enhanced	15	30
Field Test Items	8	0
Total	53	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, 16 of the 16 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