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| Georgia law requires that
curriculum-based assessments be administered in grade eleven for graduation
purposes. The writing test is given in the fall and the four content areas
in the spring of the eleventh grade year. Results of these tests are used
to identify students who may need additional instruction in academic content
considered essential for a high school diploma. The tests cover only a
sample of the knowledge and skills that constitute a complete high school
education. A Georgia high school graduate will have had opportunities to
learn - and is expected to have mastered - much more than these tests can
address. The knowledge and skills assessed on the graduation tests were
selected by Georgia educators, including high school teachers and curriculum
specialists. The tests are based on the content standards specified in
the Quality Core Curriculum [QCC] for grades nine through twelve, as established
by the State Board of Education. The tests are administered several times
a year so that students could have up to five opportunities to take each
of the tests within their eleventh and twelfth grade years.
From the Student
Assessment Handbook
Georgia Department of Education
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