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Test Specifications
The Georgia Department of Education has published a detailed Test Content Description for each of the content area tests and a Georgia High School Writing Test Instructional Guide for the Writing test.
Following are brief descriptions of the range of knowledge and skills covered in the content area tests and the scoring criteria applied to the Writing test
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SOCIAL STUDIES
- World Studies (18-20%)
- U. S. History to 1865 (18-20%)
- U. S. History Since 1865 (18-20%)
- Civics/Citizenship (12-14%)
- Map and Globe Skills (15%)
- Information Processing Skills (15%)
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ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS
- Reading/Literature (47-49%)
- Critical Thinking (37–39%)
- Writing/Usage/Grammar (14-16%)
MATHEMATICS
- Number & Computation (17-19%)
- Data Analysis (19-21%)
- Measurement and Geometry (32-34%)
- Algebra (28-30%)
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SCIENCE TEST
Process/Research Skills (30-32%)
WRITING
Students must write a persuasive essay on an assigned topic. Their essays are read by at least two trained professionals who independently judge each essay on four qualities or domains of effective writing:
- Content/Organization
- Style
- Conventions of Written Language
- Sentence Formation
In the overall score for an essay, Content /Organization counts for twice as much as the other three domains. |
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Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene
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| Dental Admission Test (DAT), | | |
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Education and Teacher Assisting
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| ACCUPLACER (ACCUPLACER), American College Test (ACT), Arizona Educator Proficiency Assessments (AEPA), Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), ASSET (ASSET), California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST), College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST), COMPASS (COMPASS), General Educational Development (GED), Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT), Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), Graduate Record Examination (GRE), Law School Admission Test (LSAT), Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS), Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL), Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC), Miller Analogies Test (MAT), National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT), New Mexico Teacher Assessment (NMTA), Ohio Graduation Test (OGT), Optometry Admission Test (OAT), ParaPro Assessment (ParaPro), Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT), Program for Licensing Assessments for Colorado Educators (PLACE), Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), Secondary School Admission Test (SSAT), Test Of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS), Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE), Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA), Washington Educator Skills Test—Basic (WEST-B), | | |
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Medical and Allied Health
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| Allied Health Professions Admission Test (AHPAT), Health Occupations Basic Entrance Test (HOBET), Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), Nurse Entrance Test (NET), Professional and Linguistic Assessment Board (PLAB), | | |
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Office and Administrative Professionals
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| Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT), Miller Analogies Test (MAT), Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), Wonderlic Personnel Test (WPT), | | |
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Pharmacy Technology
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