Georgia Milestones · End-of-Course test

Literature & Composition II

What the Georgia Milestones end-of-course test for Literature & Composition II 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

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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 investigate the relationships between authors, purposes, and audiences of texts, and analyze the influence of contextual factors.

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

10.T.C.1 (a, b)Purpose and Audience ImpactAchievement levels
10.T.C.2 (a, b, c)Author Perspective and InfluenceAchievement 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 10.T.C.1, 10.T.C.2: count these points once, never once per row.

10.T.SS.1 (a)Text Organization Across GenresAchievement levels
10.T.SS.2 (a)Craft and Language EffectsAchievement levels

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

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

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

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

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

10.T.T.1 (a, b, c, d)Narrative TechniquesAchievement levels
10.T.T.2 (a, b)Expository Techniques OverviewAchievement levels
10.T.T.3 (a, b)Argumentative Techniques OverviewAchievement levels
10.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

10.T.RA.1 (a, b)Research and InquiryAchievement levels
10.T.RA.2 (a, b)Curating Sources and EvidenceAchievement levels

Texts: Constructing Texts

18 points, about 30% of the test

Context: Students investigate the relationships between authors, purposes, and audiences of texts, and analyze the influence of contextual factors.

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

10.T.C.1 (c)Purpose and Audience ImpactAchievement levels
10.T.C.2 (d)Author Perspective and InfluenceAchievement 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 10.T.C.1, 10.T.C.2: count these points once, never once per row.

10.T.SS.1 (b, c, d)Text Organization Across GenresAchievement levels
10.T.SS.2 (b, c)Craft and Language EffectsAchievement 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.

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

10.T.RA.1 (c)Research and InquiryAchievement levels
10.T.RA.2 (c)Curating Sources and EvidenceAchievement levels

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

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

10.T.T.1 (e)Narrative TechniquesAchievement levels
10.T.T.2 (d)Expository Techniques OverviewAchievement levels
10.T.T.3 (c, d)Argumentative Techniques OverviewAchievement levels
10.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 10.L.V.1, 10.L.V.2, 10.L.V.3: count these points once, never once per row.

10.L.GC.1 * GUMStandard English ConventionsAchievement levels
10.L.GC.2 (b, c, d, e)Syntax for EffectAchievement 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 10.L.GC.1, 10.L.GC.2: count these points once, never once per row.

10.L.V.1 (b)Cross-Context Vocabulary UseAchievement levels
10.L.V.2 (c, d)Word Analysis SkillsAchievement levels
10.L.V.3 (e)Nuanced Word CraftingAchievement 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 10.L.V.1, 10.L.V.2, 10.L.V.3: count these points once, never once per row.

10.L.GC.2 (a)Syntax for EffectAchievement levels

6 points · One pool shared with the row for 10.L.GC.2: count these points once, never once per row.

10.L.V.1 (a)Cross-Context Vocabulary UseAchievement levels
10.L.V.2 (a, b)Word Analysis SkillsAchievement levels
10.L.V.3 (b, c, d)Nuanced Word CraftingAchievement levels

Marked * GUM: from the blueprint, “10.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.1K-12.P.EICC.1
K-12.P.CP.1K-12.P.CP.1
K-12.P.EICC.4K-12.P.EICC.4
K-12.P.AC.3K-12.P.AC.3
K-12.P.AC.2K-12.P.AC.2
K-12.P.ST.1K-12.P.ST.1
K-12.P.EICC.2K-12.P.EICC.2
K-12.P.EICC.3K-12.P.EICC.3
K-12.P.ST.2K-12.P.ST.2
K-12.P.AC.1K-12.P.AC.1
K-12.P.CP.2K-12.P.CP.2

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	21 to 30	35% to 50%
Level 3	21 to 30	35% to 50%
Level 4	8	13%

Kinds of questions

Question type	Questions	Points
1-point Selected-Response and Technology-Enhanced	28	28
2-point Technology-Enhanced	12	24
8-point Extended Writing Task	1	8
Field Test Items	8	0
Total	49	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.

How this test counts

Under Georgia State Board of Education Rule 160-4-2-.13, an End-of-Course test is the final exam for its course, and its score counts for at least 10% of the student's final grade in the course. Read the rule

Practice tests

The Georgia Department of Education's Georgia Milestones page links the state's online practice tests, Experience Online Testing Georgia.

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