Georgia Milestones

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Georgia Milestones Assessment System is a comprehensive summative assessment program and represents a single system of summative assessments that span all three levels of the state's educational system – elementary, middle, and high school.  The system is designed to send consistent signals about students' preparedness for the next level, be it the next grade, course, or endeavor, such as entering college or beginning a career after leaving the K-12 educational system.  

 

Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills 2.0

The Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills 2.0 (GKIDS 2.0) is a progression-based formative assessment, integrated into classroom work, that is aligned to the Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE). GKIDS 2.0 is organized around big ideas and learning progressions. 

• A big idea describes the integration of concepts and skills from the kindergarten standards that are most important for success in first grade. A learning progression shows where the student is in the learning continuum of content and reasoning development regarding the big idea from the GSE. 
• Learning progressions provide the big picture of what is to be learned across the year, relate increased reasoning of standards within the grade and across grades, and support instructional planning.

GKIDS 2.0 provides teachers with one source of real-time information to adjust instruction, by identifying what a student already knows, what the student needs next, and by allowing the teacher to monitor growth.

The GKIDS Readiness Check is a new component of the Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (GKIDS). It is designed to be administered during the first six weeks of the kindergarten year. The GKIDS Readiness Check is aligned to the Georgia Early Learning and Development Standards (GELDS​) and correlated to the state mandated content standards for kindergarten. The goal of the assessment is to provide information about the skills of students entering kindergarten. 

Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State to State for English Language Learners 2.0 (ACCESS for ELLs 2.0) 

ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 is administered, annually, to all English learners in Georgia. ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 is a standards-based, criterion referenced English language proficiency test designed to measure English learners’ social and academic proficiency in English. It assesses social and instructional English as well as the language associated with language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies within the school context across the four language domains. ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 meets the federal requirements that mandates require states to evaluate EL students in grades K through 12 on their progress in learning to speak English.

The Georgia Alternate Assessment (GAA) 2.0

The Georgia Alternate Assessment (GAA) 2.0  provides meaningful information about classroom instruction and helps identify students’ areas of strength and improvement. ​​​​​​​​​​​​ If a student’s IEP team determines that a student cannot meaningfully access the Georgia Milestones Assessment System, even with maximum appropriate accommodations, then the student must participate in the GAA 2.0. The GAA 2.0 includes standardized items with multiple access points. Thus, it will measure students’ achievement and not progress. The GAA 2.0 is administered to all eligible students in the following areas:

• Grades 3-8, and high school will be assessed in English language arts and mathematics. 
• Grades 5, 8, and high school will be assessed in science. 
• Grades 8 and high school will be assessed in social studies. 

Testing Calendar:
2022-23 Testing Calendar