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title: "Georgia Milestones End-of-Grade test: Grade 7 English Language Arts"
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# 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.

- Test: Georgia Milestones, End-of-Grade test, Grade 7 English Language Arts
- Total points: 60
- Standards assessed: 16

## 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 Impact. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.C.1.md
- **7.T.C.2 (a, b, c)**: Author Perspective and Context. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.C.2.md

**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 Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.SS.1.md
- **7.T.SS.2 (a)**: Craft and Language Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.SS.2.md

**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 Movements. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.PM.1.md

**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 Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.T.1.md
- **7.T.T.2 (a, b)**: Expository Techniques Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.T.2.md
- **7.T.T.3 (a)**: Argumentative Techniques Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.T.3.md
- **7.T.T.4 (a)**: Poetic Techniques Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.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)

- **7.T.RA.1 (a, b)**: Research and Inquiry Process. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.RA.1.md
- **7.T.RA.2 (a, b)**: Curating Sources and Evidence. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.RA.2.md

### 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 Impact. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.C.1.md
- **7.T.C.2 (d)**: Author Perspective and Context. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.C.2.md

**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 Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.SS.1.md
- **7.T.SS.2 (b, c)**: Craft and Language Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.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. (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 Process. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.RA.1.md
- **7.T.RA.2 (c)**: Curating Sources and Evidence. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.RA.2.md

**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 Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.T.1.md
- **7.T.T.2 (d)**: Expository Techniques Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.T.2.md
- **7.T.T.3 (c)**: Argumentative Techniques Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.T.3.md
- **7.T.T.4 (b)**: Poetic Techniques Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.T.4.md

### 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 * GUM**: Grammar Conventions Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.L.GC.1.md
- **7.L.GC.2 (b, c, d)**: Syntax for Clarity and Style. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.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. (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 Approaches. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.L.V.1.md
- **7.L.V.2 (c, d)**: Word Analysis Skills. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.L.V.2.md
- **7.L.V.3 (e)**: Denotation and Connotation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.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 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 Style. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.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 7.L.GC.2: count these points once, never once per row)

- **7.L.V.1 (a)**: Vocabulary Building Approaches. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.L.V.1.md
- **7.L.V.2 (a, b)**: Word Analysis Skills. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.L.V.2.md
- **7.L.V.3 (b, c, d)**: Denotation and Connotation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.L.V.3.md

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.1**: Reader and Writer Identity. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.P.EICC.1.md
- **K-12.P.CP.1**: Collaborative Goal Achievement. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.P.CP.1.md
- **K-12.P.EICC.4**: Writing Processes Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.P.EICC.4.md
- **K-12.P.AC.3**: Text Design Across Modes. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.P.AC.3.md
- **K-12.P.AC.2**: Writing with Audience in Mind. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.P.AC.2.md
- **K-12.P.ST.1**: Context in Texts. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.P.ST.1.md
- **K-12.P.EICC.2**: Intentional Text Connections. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.P.EICC.2.md
- **K-12.P.EICC.3**: Before, During, After Reading Strategies. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.P.EICC.3.md
- **K-12.P.ST.2**: Author Audience and Purpose. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.P.ST.2.md
- **K-12.P.AC.1**: Reading Like a Writer. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.P.AC.1.md
- **K-12.P.CP.2**: Audience-Tailored Presentation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.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: 2 to 6 points (3% to 10%)
- Level 2: 27 to 36 points (45% to 60%)
- Level 3: 21 to 30 points (35% 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, 16 of the 16 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-7-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.