--- title: "8.T.RA.1: Research and Inquiry Process (Georgia English Language Arts standard)" code: 8.T.RA.1 cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, English Language Arts, 8.T.RA.1 subject: ela grades: - grade-8 language: en canonical_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.T.RA.1 md_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.T.RA.1.md alternate_language_url: https://georgiahomeroom.org/es/standards/code/8.T.RA.1.md source_url: https://case.georgiastandards.org/ims/case/v1p0/CFDocuments/391c3abe-c1ec-4a4a-a942-c9e152b35102 source_last_changed: 2025-11-14 data_built: 2026-09-18 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. up: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-8.md index: https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/index.md --- # 8.T.RA.1: Research and Inquiry Process Conduct research, generating questions to guide investigations of complex topics of interest and using credible sources to support analyses. - Subject: English Language Arts - Appears in: Grade 8, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-8.md ## Expectations - **8.T.RA.1.a**: Generate questions to guide research and make connections between related topics of interest, formulating questions to investigate complex topics and ideas. (I) - **8.T.RA.1.b**: *Conduct research by locating, gathering, curating, and integrating information from credible sources (including print, digital, and personal communication) about texts and related topics.* (I) - **8.T.RA.1.c**: *Draw from accumulated knowledge and research to analyze texts, supporting, challenging, or extending ideas and information.* (C) ## Georgia Milestones coverage - English Language Arts Grade 8 (EOG). Texts — Constructing Texts. 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. (about 17% of the test; 10 points; shared with other standards, so count these points once and never add them up per standard) ## What mastery looks like Georgia's Achievement Level Descriptors. The levels are cumulative: each includes the ones before it. Proficient is on grade level. - **Beginning**: Generate questions to guide research to investigate topic(s). - **Developing**: Generate question(s) to guide research about a topic to extend the investigation of the topics and ideas. Conduct research by locating and gathering information from one credible source (including print, digital, and personal communication) about texts or related topics. Draw upon research to support ideas and information. - **Proficient**: Generate questions to guide research and make connections between related topics of interest, formulating questions to investigate complex topics and ideas. Conduct research by locating, gathering, curating, and/or integrating information from multiple credible sources (including print, digital, and personal communication) about texts and related topics. Draw from accumulated knowledge and research to analyze texts, challenging or extending ideas and information. ## The same standard across grades - Kindergarten, K.T.RA.1: **Research & Inquiry** Build knowledge about the world by asking or generating questions about topics of interest, researching the answers, using multiple sources, and communicating relevant and accurate information about the topic. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/K.T.RA.1.md - Grade 1, 1.T.RA.1: **Research & Inquiry** Build knowledge about the world by asking or generating questions about topics of interest, researching the answers, using multiple sources, and communicating relevant and accurate information about the topic. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/1.T.RA.1.md - Grade 2, 2.T.RA.1: **Research & Inquiry** Build knowledge about the world by asking or generating questions about topics of interest, researching the answers, using multiple sources, and communicating relevant and accurate information about the topic. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/2.T.RA.1.md - Grade 3, 3.T.RA.1: **Research & Inquiry** Conduct research to ask and answer questions that clarify, deepen, and extend understanding of a topic of interest using credible sources and communicating relevant and accurate information. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/3.T.RA.1.md - Grade 4, 4.T.RA.1: **Research & Inquiry** Conduct research to ask and answer questions that clarify, deepen, and extend understanding of a topic of interest using credible sources and communicating relevant and accurate information. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.RA.1.md - Grade 5, 5.T.RA.1: **Research & Inquiry** Conduct research to ask and answer questions that clarify, deepen, and extend understanding of a topic of interest using credible sources and communicating relevant and accurate information. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/5.T.RA.1.md - Grade 6, 6.T.RA.1: **Research & Inquiry** Conduct research, generating questions to guide investigations of complex topics of interest and using credible sources to support analyses. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/6.T.RA.1.md - Grade 7, 7.T.RA.1: **Research & Inquiry** Conduct research, generating questions to guide investigations of complex topics of interest and using credible sources to support analyses. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.RA.1.md - **Grade 8, 8.T.RA.1 (this standard)**: **Research & Inquiry** Conduct research, generating questions to guide investigations of complex topics of interest and using credible sources to support analyses. - Grade 9, 9.T.RA.1: **Research & Inquiry** Conduct research, generating questions to guide investigations of complex topics of interest and using credible sources to support analyses. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/9.T.RA.1.md - Grade 10, 10.T.RA.1: **Research & Inquiry** Conduct research, generating questions to guide investigations of complex topics of interest and using credible sources to support analyses. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/10.T.RA.1.md - Grade 11, 11.T.RA.1: **Research & Inquiry** Conduct research, generating questions to guide investigations of complex topics of interest and using credible sources to support analyses. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/11.T.RA.1.md - Grade 12, 12.T.RA.1: **Research & Inquiry** Conduct research, generating questions to guide investigations of complex topics of interest and using credible sources to support analyses. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/12.T.RA.1.md Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.