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Producing well-designed assessments aligned to the state curriculum with timely dissemination of results.
DIVISIONS
Federal Programs
School Improvement

CONTACT INFORMATION
Melissa Fincher
Associate Superintendent, Assessment and Accountability

1554 Twin Towers East
205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30334
 (404) 656-2668
 (404) 656-5976
  mfincher@doe.k12.ga.us

Melodee Davis, Ph.D.
Director, Assessment Research & Development Division
Assessment and Accountability

1554 Twin Towers East
205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30334
 (404) 657-0312
 (404) 656-5976
medavis@doe.k12.ga.us

Tony Eitel
Director, Assessment Administration
Assessment and Accountability

1554 Twin Towers East
205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30334
 (404) 656-0478
 (404) 656-5976
aeitel@doe.k12.ga.us

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RELATED INFORMATION
  CRCT
  GAA
  Promotion and Retention Guidance
MISSION

The purposes of the Georgia Student Assessment Program are to measure student achievement of the state mandated curriculum, to identify students failing to achieve mastery of content, to provide teachers with diagnostic information, and to assist school systems in identifying strengths and weaknesses in order to establish priorities in planning educational programs.

Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests End of Course Tests Georgia High School Graduation Tests Georgia Writing Assessments Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests - M Georgia Alternate Assessment
2008 Testing Newsletter
See AP, PSAT & SAT under Innovative Academic Programs.
See Promotion and Retention Guidance under Policy.
About Assessment
The assessment program includes customized criterion-referenced tests at the elementary, middle, and high school levels; the National Assessment of Educational Progress in grades 4, 8 and 12; and an optional norm-referenced test. These mandatory state assessments include the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT), End-of-Course Tests (EOCT), Georgia High School Graduation Tests (GHSGT), Georgia Writing Assessments (above) as well as:

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ASSESSMENT RESOURCES
Test Score Ranges 2010 - 2011 (Updated August 2011)
Test Score Ranges 2009-2010

FOR EDUCATORS
Memoranda & Announcements
Student Assessment Handbook 2011 - 2012
2011 - 2013 Testing Calendar (Updated October 2011)
Accommodations Manual
Principals Certification Form

PRESENTATIONS
Assessment Update, October 2011
2011 Fall Assessment Conference, General Session
New System Test Coordinators Overview, August 2011
Introducing the CRCT-M
Accommodations for SWD & ELL

OAS
Online Assessment System

HELPFUL LINKS
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Reports
No Child Left Behind Legislation
Georgia Performance Standards (GPS)
Office of Student Achievement
Report Card