Assessments Resources
- Advanced Placement (AP Exams)
Advanced Placement (AP) courses allow high school students to take college-level classes and exams, giving them the opportunity to earn college credit and advanced placement while still in high school. - Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT)
CogAT, Naglieri, ITBS, and Torrance Abilities Tests are administered for gifted identification. Students in grades K-11 who scored 90% or higher in reading and/or math on the MAP assessment are eligible for further evaluation for the gifted program. - Formative Instructional Practices
Formative Instructional Practices (FIP) offers a blended online professional development model for educators in Georgia. This resource supports teachers in understanding and applying formative instructional practices to enhance teaching effectiveness and student learning outcomes. - Georgia Alternative Assessment 2.0
The Georgia Alternate Assessment 2.0 (GAA 2.0) is designed to ensure that students in grades 3-8 and 11 with significant cognitive disabilities who qualify based on the state eligibility criteria are provided access to the state academic content standards and given the opportunity to demonstrate achievement of the knowledge, concepts, and skills inherent in the standards. - Georgia Milestone Assessment System
Georgia Milestones measures how well students have learned the knowledge and skills outlined in the state-adopted content standards in English, math, science, and social studies. Georgia Milestones is a single assessment system that consists of end-of-grade measures in English and math in grades 3-8, end-of-grade measures in science in grades 5 and 8, and end-of-grade measures in social studies in grade 8. - GKIDS Readiness Check and GKIDS 2.0
The Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills 2.0 (GKIDS 2.0) is a yearlong, progression-based formative assessment. GKIDS 2.0 is aligned to Georgia's state content standards for kindergarten students and is organized around big ideas and learning progressions. - MAP Growth and MAP Reading Fluency
The NWEA MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) test is an adaptive achievement and growth test. It creates a personalized assessment experience by adapting to each student’s learning level. The MAP Growth assessment is given to students in grades K-10 at the beginning, middle, and end of the school year. - National Assessment of Educational Progress
The NAEP assessment measures what students in the United States know and can do in various subjects. It is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics, within the U.S. Department of Education. - Pre-College Exams (PSAT.SAT)
The Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) is structured similarly to the SAT, has the same sections and timing, and measures the same Reading, Writing and Math skills students learn in the classroom, the knowledge and skills students need to succeed in college and careers. -
SAT School Day for Juniors
The SAT is a standardized test that measures a student's skills in three core areas: Critical Reading, Math, and Writing. Students in grades 11 and 12 take the SAT so that they can submit their scores to colleges as part of the college application process. - WIDA ACCESS and Alternate ACCESS
ACCESS for ELLs is the collective name for WIDA's suite of summative English language proficiency assessments. ACCESS is taken annually by English learners in kindergarten through grade 12. - Amira Learning
Amira is a reading solution for K-3rd grades that forges curriculum coherence and drives measurable reading growth using the powerful synergy of neuroscience with AI. It responds to each student, seamlessly interweaving assessment, instruction, and tutoring into a unified process that supports growth at every student's individual pace. - Promotion & Retention
Dekalb County School District follows state guidelines for promoting, placing, or retaining students, using a combination of assessment data, documented interventions, and established district procedures to support student success.