Georgia Milestones Ninth Lit/Comp End-of-Course Assessment

May 8th & 9th

Eat lunch in 4th period
Report to your testing room @ 12:15

Day ONE TEST Date: Monday, May 8th 12:15-3:15

Test Sections: Section 1: 90 minutes

Section 2: 75 minutes

Testing Room: ___period report to room #____

Day TWO TEST Date: Tuesday, May 9th 12:15-2:15

Test Section: Section 3: 75 minutes

Testing Room: ___period report to room # _____

General Assessment Information

The Ninth Grade Literature and Composition EOC assessment consists of a total of 60 items. You will be asked to
respond to selected-response (multiple-choice), technology-enhanced, constructed-response, extended response, and
extended writing-response items. The test will be given in three sections. Students will have up to 75 minutes per
section to complete Sections 2 and 3. Students will be given a maximum of 90 minutes to complete Section 1,
which includes the extended writing-response. The total estimated testing time for the Ninth Grade Literature and
Composition EOC ranges from approximately 190 to 240 minutes. The end-of-course measures are administered at
the completion of the course, regardless of the grade level. These measures serve as the final exam for the course,
and contribute 20% to the students final course grade: www.gadoe.org

Content of the Assessment:

53% Reading & Vocabulary
47% Writing & Language

Question Type Question Type Description # of

Selected-Response Items
Technology-Enhanced
Constructed-Response
Items
Extended Constructed-
Response Item
Extended Writing-Response
Item
Other
Questions
Multiple choice questions 48
Multiple choice questions 1
Student provides short responses 2
Student provides a more detailed response to a narrative prompt based on a passage the 1
student reads.
Student produces an argument or develops an informative or explanatory response. 1
The extended writing-response items, or writing tasks, include two passage, three
selected response items, and one constructed-response item that scaffold the students
understanding of the passage(s). Two of the selected-response items will address each
of the passages separately. One selected-response item and the constructed-response
item will address both of the passages together. These items will be followed by an
extended writing prompt, which requires the student to draw from reading experiences
when writing an essay response and to cite evidence from the passage(s) to support
claims and conclusions in the essay.
Varied 7