ACT^® (Georgia Department of Education)

ACT Website

11-12

College entrance exam

Guidance Office

Advanced Placement (AP^®) Course Exams

9-12

College credit

Testing Coordinator; Advanced Placement Coordinator

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)

11-12

Career exploration

Guidance Office

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

K-12

Assess the English proficiency of English Language Learners

Testing Coordinator; ESOL Teacher

ASSET

11-12

Technical college entrance exam

CTAE Coordinator

Cognitive Abilities Testing (CogAT^®)

2 & 6

Screening for gifted services

Testing Coordinator

Criterion-Referenced Competency Testing (CRCT)

1 - 8

· GAOAS

·  CompassLearning - Odyssey^®

    (Grades 1 – 5)

·  Plato^® Learning Systems (Grades 6 – 8)

Assesses knowledge of state curriculum; promotion/retention Grades 3, 5 & 8

Testing Coordinator

Georgia Alternative Assessment (GAA)

K-12

Alternate assessment for students with disabilities who do not take the CRCT or GHSGT

Testing Coordinator; Special Education Teacher

Georgia End-of-Course Testing (EOCT):

9-12

·  GAOAS

·  Plato^® Learning Systems

·  EDUCATION 2020™ (E2020)

·  iPass™/iLearn Math^®

·  USATestprep, Inc.

Final exam for EOCT course

Testing Coordinator

Georgia High School Graduation Testing (GHSGT)

11

·  GAOAS

·  Plato^® Learning Systems

·  EDUCATION 2020™ (E2020)

·  iPass™/iLearn Math^®

·  USATestprep, Inc.

Required for graduation

Testing Coordinator

Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (GKIDS)

K

First grade readiness

Kindergarten Teacher

Georgia Writing Assessments:

3, 5, 8, & 11

Assesses student writing skills; in grade 11 passage required for graduation

Testing Coordinator

Iowa Testings of Basic Skills (ITBS^®)

5 & 8

Compares student proficiency in reading, ELA, math, science, and social studies at the national level

Testing Coordinator

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

4, 8, & 12 – selected schools only

Provides student proficiency data on various subject areas at the national level

Testing Coordinator

Paulding County School District Benchmark Assessments (DBA)

1-12

Diagnostic test that assesses student knowledge of the state curriculum in order to plan for instruction and to prepare for the CRCT and GHSGT

School Improvement Specialist (Grades 1-5); Instructional Lead Teacher (Grades 6-8)

Testing Coordinator

PSAT/NMSQT^® (Georgia Department of Education)

PSAT/NMSQT^® Website

10-11

Grade 10 Practice for SAT; Grade 11 Qualify for National Merit Scholarship

Guidance Office

SAT^® (Georgia Department of Education)

SAT^® Website

11-12

Access available through School Guidance Office

College Entrance Exam

Guidance Office