--- title: "Georgia Milestones End-of-Grade test: Grade 8 Mathematics" subject: math grade: "8" assessment_id: gmas_g08_math language: en canonical_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/milestones/grade-8-math md_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/milestones/grade-8-math.md alternate_language_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/es/milestones/grade-8-math.md data_built: 2026-11-06 publisher: Georgia Homeroom, a free public-interest project of Georgia Civic Data. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Georgia Department of Education or any school district. total_points: 58 standards_count: 8 up: https://georgiahomeroom.org/milestones.md previous: https://georgiahomeroom.org/milestones/grade-8-ela.md next: https://georgiahomeroom.org/milestones/grade-8-science.md index: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/index.md --- # Georgia Milestones End-of-Grade test: Grade 8 Mathematics What the Georgia Milestones end-of-grade test for Grade 8 Mathematics 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 8 Mathematics - Total points: 58 - Standards assessed: 8 ## Reporting categories Points are the blueprint's approximate figures. Each percent is of the test's 58 points, rounded; a range such as 7–8 counts at its midpoint. ### Functional & Graphical Reasoning: 23 points, about 40% of the test Describe the properties of functions to define, evaluate, and compare relationships, and use functions and graphs of functions to model and explain real phenomena. (10 points) - **8.FGR.5**: Functions & Graphical Models. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.FGR.5.md Solve practical, linear problems involving situations using bivariate quantitative data. (6 points) - **8.FGR.6**: Bivariate Quantitative Data. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.FGR.6.md Justify and use various strategies to solve systems of linear equations to model and explain realistic phenomena. (7 points) - **8.FGR.7**: Systems of Linear Equations. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.FGR.7.md ### Patterning & Algebraic Reasoning: 16 points, about 28% of the test Create and interpret expressions within relevant situations. Create, interpret, and solve linear equations and linear inequalities in one variable to model and explain real phenomena. (10 points) - **8.PAR.3**: Linear Equations and Inequalities. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.PAR.3.md Show and explain the connections between proportional and non-proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations; create and interpret graphical mathematical models and use the graphical, mathematical model to explain real phenomena represented in the graph. (6 points) - **8.PAR.4**: Linear Relationships and Graphs. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.PAR.4.md ### Numerical Reasoning: 11 points, about 19% of the test Solve problems involving irrational numbers and rational approximations of irrational numbers to explain realistic applications. (11 points; one pool shared with the row for 8.NR.2: count these points once, never once per row) - **8.NR.1**: Irrational Numbers Overview. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.NR.1.md Solve problems involving radicals and integer exponents including relevant application situations; apply place value understanding with scientific notation and use scientific notation to explain real phenomena. (11 points; one pool shared with the row for 8.NR.1: count these points once, never once per row) - **8.NR.2**: Exponents and Scientific Notation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.NR.2.md ### Geometric & Spatial Reasoning: 8 points, about 14% of the test Solve contextual, geometric problems involving the Pythagorean Theorem and the volume of geometric figures to explain real phenomena. - **8.GSR.8**: Pythagorean Theorem and Volume. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.GSR.8.md ## Also part of the test, without points of their own ### Practices From the blueprint: "These practices are embedded within items aligned to the mathematics content standards but are not reported as a separate reporting category." - **8.MP.6**: Mathematical Precision. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.MP.md - **8.MP.3**: Mathematical Argumentation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.MP.md - **8.MP.8**: Repeated Reasoning Patterns. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.MP.md - **8.MP.7**: Mathematical Structure. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.MP.md - **8.MP.1**: Problem-Solving Perseverance. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.MP.md - **8.MP.4**: Mathematical Modeling. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.MP.md - **8.MP.2**: Abstract Quantitative Reasoning. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.MP.md - **8.MP.5**: Strategic Tool Use. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.MP.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: 9 to 15 points (15% to 25%) - Level 2: 29 to 35 points (50% to 60%) - Level 3: 12 to 17 points (20% to 30%) - Level 4: not on this test ## Kinds of questions - 1-point Selected-Response and Technology-Enhanced: 42 items, 42 points - 2-point Technology-Enhanced: 8 items, 16 points - Field Test Items: 5 items, 0 points (field test questions do not count toward the score) - **Total**: 55 items, 58 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-8-math.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.