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title: "Georgia Milestones End-of-Grade test: Grade 8 Social Studies"
subject: social_studies
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# Georgia Milestones End-of-Grade test: Grade 8 Social Studies

What the Georgia Milestones end-of-grade test for Grade 8 Social Studies 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 Social Studies
- Total points: 46
- Standards assessed: 22

## 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.

### History: 23 points, about 50% of the test

- **SS8H1 (a, b, c)**: European Contact with Georgia Indians. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8H1.md
- **SS8H2 (a, b, c, d, e)**: Georgia's Colonial Period. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8H2.md
- **SS8H3 (a, b, c, d)**: Georgia in the Revolution. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8H3.md
- **SS8H4 (a, b, c, d, e)**: Georgia's Westward Expansion. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8H4.md
- **SS8H5 (a, b)**: Civil War Impact on Georgia. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8H5.md
- **SS8H6 (a, b, c, d, e)**: Reconstruction in Georgia. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8H6.md
- **SS8H7 (a, b, c, d)**: New South Era Changes. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8H7.md
- **SS8H8 (a, b, c, d, e)**: WWI Through Great Depression. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8H8.md
- **SS8H9 (a, b, c)**: Georgia's Role in WWII. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8H9.md
- **SS8H10 (a, b, c)**: Post-WWII Georgia Developments. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8H10.md
- **SS8H11 (a, b, c)**: Georgia's Civil Rights Role. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8H11.md
- **SS8H12 (a, b, c, d)**: Georgia's Late 20th Century Developments. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8H12.md

### Government/Civics: 9 points, about 20% of the test

- **SS8CG1 (a, b, c, d, e)**: Georgia Government Foundations. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8CG1.md
- **SS8CG2 (a, b, c, d)**: Georgia Legislative Branch. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8CG2.md
- **SS8CG3 (a, b)**: Georgia Executive Branch. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8CG3.md
- **SS8CG4 (a, b, c, d)**: Georgia Judicial Branch. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8CG4.md
- **SS8CG5 (a, b, c)**: Georgia Juvenile Court System. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8CG5.md
- **SS8CG6 (a, b)**: Georgia Local Governments. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8CG6.md

### Economics: 7 points, about 15% of the test

- **SS8E1 (a, b)**: Georgia Transportation Systems. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8E1.md
- **SS8E2 (a, b, c)**: Georgia Business Economic Impact. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8E2.md
- **SS8E3 (a, b, c, d)**: Personal Money Management. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8E3.md

### Geography: 7 points, about 15% of the test

- **SS8G1 (a, b, c, d)**: Georgia Geography and Climate. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/SS8G1.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: 30 to 35 points (65% to 75%)
- Level 3: 7 to 12 points (15% to 25%)
- 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, 22 of the 22 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-social-studies.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.