SCES PTO Meeting
March 5, 2015
Please enjoy some pizza and visit
our third grade art display in the
Media Center! The meeting will
begin promptly at 6:00.
What are the Georgia Milestones?
• End of grade tests
• Replace the CRCT
• Intro video
Mix of Questions
• Based on what students learned this year
• Based on national expectations (norms)
• Field-test items
Types of Questions
• Selected response
▫ AKA multiple choice
• Brief constructed response
▫ AKA short answer
• Extended constructed response
▫ AKA essays
Test Sections
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Language Arts
Math
Science
Social Studies
Language Arts Test
• Combines reading and writing
• 3 sections
• Day 1: Sections 1 and 2
▫ 70 minutes each
• Day 2: Section 3 (Extended Writing)
▫ Up to 90 minutes
• Includes selected response, brief constructed
response, and extended constructed response
L. Arts: Selected Response (5th)
Which statement from the story supports the idea that
Carlos is determined?
A. "The other windows are closed," Carlos reported, "but I can
still solve this mystery."
B. "Buddy really likes you," Carlos stated, staring at the
contented cat in Angela's arms.
C. "Buddy found a loose board by our basement window,"
Carlos said. "He lifted it with his paw and wiggled under it."
D. "I'm going to tell Dad about the loose board," Carlos
reported next, pleased at solving their mystery.
From GADOE 5th Grade Assessment Guide
L. Arts: Brief Response about a Story (5th)
• Compare Carlos’s actions to Angela’s as they try
to solve the mystery of Buddy the cat getting into
their house. How do their actions differ? Use
details from the story to support your answer.
From GADOE 5th Grade Assessment Guide
L. Arts: Narrative Brief Response (3rd)
• Write a conclusion to the story in which Anna
and Michael go back to the attic to see what else
they can find. Be sure to include what they say to
each other and descriptions of how the attic
looks.
From GADOE 3rd Grade Assessment Guide
L.Arts: 4th Grade Extended Response
• Now that you have read “A Regular Allowance for Doing
Chores” and “Allowance as a Reward” and answered a
question about what you have read, create a plan for
your opinion essay. Think about ideas, facts, definitions,
details, and other information and examples you want to
use. Think about how you will introduce your topic and
what the main topic will be for each paragraph. Be sure
to identify the sources by title or number when using
details or facts directly from the sources. Write an
opinion essay in your own words about which argument
about allowances is better supported by facts.
From GADOE 4th Grade Assessment Guide
Math Test
• 2 sections taken in 1 day
▫ 70 minutes per section
• Includes selected response, brief response, and
extended response
• Brief response: Show your work and answer.
• Extended response: Show and explain your work
and answer.
Sample Selected Response (5th)
Look at the inequality.
4.506 < □
Which number belongs in the box to make this
inequality true?
A 4.5
B 4.6
C 4.05
D 4.46
From GADOE 5th Grade Assessment Guide
Sample Brief Response (4th)
The workers at a factory need to make 3,000
kites. They make 246 kites an hour and work for
8 hours a day. Use rounding to estimate the
number of kites the workers still need to make
after the first day. Explain your work and write
your answer on the line.
__________ kites
From GADOE 4th Grade Assessment Guide
Sample Extended Response (3rd)
• See sample from assessment guide, p. 56.
Science
• 2 sections taken on one day
▫ 70 minutes per section
• All selected response questions
Sample Science Question (3rd)
From GADOE 3rd Grade Assessment Guide
Social Studies
• 2 sections taken on one day
▫ 70 minutes per section
• All selected response items
Sample Social Studies Questions (5th)
In 1946, Winston Churchill used the
term “Iron Curtain” when describing
conditions in Europe. What did he
mean by this term?
A. European nations needed to build
more factories.
B. Peace had finally spread throughout
the countries of Europe.
C. The militaries of Western Europe
were becoming too powerful.
D. There was a division between
communist Eastern Europe and
Western Europe
From GADOE 5th Grade Assessment Guide
Resources
• Visit the school website.
• Click on “Georgia Milestones” link.
• Note assessment guides and brochure.
How to Help
• Discuss testing challenges.
▫ Students don’t show their work.
▫ Some questions are new types of questions.
▫ Students don’t include evidence in their written
answers.
▫ Students don’t read carefully.
▫ Students don’t follow directions completely.
▫ Students give short, one or two word answers.
How to Help Daily
• Talk to your child. Discuss everyday things.
• Read and practice math facts daily.
• Ask your child to explain, with questions like,
“How did you know?”
• Have your child help you solve everyday, realworld problems.
How to Help in Testing Season
• Review specific test-taking strategies.
▫ Read carefully. Make sure you understand what the
directions and questions are asking you. This applies
to every section of the test and is perhaps the most
helpful of all strategies.
▫ Make sure to follow every part of the directions.
▫ Mark up the test! Underline key words, mark out
incorrect choices, take notes in your margins.
• Review information from this year.
▫ Review notes, journals, and study guides nightly.
▫ Ask your child’s teacher for one area in math where
your child could improve. Practice in this area nightly.
Now…
• Take time to view sample test items spread out
around the cafeteria.
• Ask questions!