Primary Assessments:

• Georgia Milestones Assessment System
  • EOC  - End of Course Assessments - Grades 9-12 (December/May)
    • Tested courses:  Ninth Grade Literature & Composition; American Literature & Composition; Coordinate Algebra; Analytic Geometry; Algebra; Geometry; Biology; Physical Science; United States History; and Economics/Business/Free Enterprise
  • EOG  - End of Grade Assessments - Grades 3-8 (April)
    • ELA(Reading, Language and Writing) and Math - grades 3-8
    • Science and Social Studies - 5th and 8th Grades Only
• ACCESS for ELLs  - administered to students currently eligible for English as a Second Language Services (Jan-March)
• Georgia Alternate Assessment (GAA) - administered to eligible students with an IEP
• Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (GKIDS)  - administered to all Kindergarten students
• National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) - administered to selected grade levels and specific content areas statewide

 Decatur County Schools Assessments:

ISTATION -formative assessment in K-4 that assesses the seven domains of literacy

Reading Inventory - reading assessment in grades K-12 that is administered in August, November and April/May that provides a Lexile measure

ILEARN - formative assessment in K-8 that assessess grade level growth in the area of matehmatics

District Formative and Common Assessments  - administered in selected content areas throghought the year. Assessments are used to guide and plan for ongoing instruction, Results are used to inform instruction and performance levels are shared with parents after assessment administration.