GMAS - Georgia Milestones Assessment System Item Types and Technology Questions and Answers

Question 1

A key feature of the English Language Arts (ELA) GMAS assessments is the Evidence-Based Selected Response (EBSR) item type.
Which of the following best describes the structure and scoring of an EBSR item?

Accepted Answer

A two-part question where Part A asks an inferential question and Part B requires the selection of textual evidence to support the answer in Part A; students receive points for each correct part.

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A single question requiring students to write a short paragraph citing textual evidence, scored on a 2-point rubric.

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A multi-select question where students choose all pieces of textual evidence that support a given claim, with partial credit awarded for each correct selection.

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A question that presents a claim about a text and requires students to drag and drop sentences from the passage to either support or refute the claim.

Question 2

In a GMAS mathematics assessment, a student encounters a question that first requires them to plot points on a coordinate grid and then, in a second part, asks them to select the equation that represents the line they graphed. This is an example of what kind of item?

Accepted Answer

Technology-Enhanced Item

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Extended Constructed-Response

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Multi-Select Question

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Selected-Response Item

Question 3

Which of the following item types is found on the GMAS ELA and Mathematics assessments but NOT on the Science or Social Studies assessments?

Accepted Answer

Constructed-Response

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Selected-Response

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Technology-Enhanced

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Norm-Referenced

Question 4

A 7th-grade student taking the ELA GMAS is presented with a writing sample and asked to identify and correct errors in grammar, usage, and punctuation. This task would be classified as which of the following item types?

Accepted Answer

Peer Revision Task

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Extended Writing-Response

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Narrative Prompt Response

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Evidence-Based Selected Response

Question 5

A high school student taking the Algebra I End-of-Course (EOC) assessment is presented with an item that has two parts. Part A is a multiple-choice question, and Part B is a multi-select question that builds on the answer from Part A. How is this item type categorized on the GMAS?

Accepted Answer

A Multi-Part Technology-Enhanced Item

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An Extended Constructed-Response Item

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A Two-Point Selected-Response Item

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A Formative Scaffolding Item

Question 6

On the GMAS ELA assessment, a student reads two passages and then writes a multi-paragraph essay analyzing the texts and citing evidence. This task is distinct from a constructed-response item primarily due to its:

Accepted Answer

Greater length, complexity, and scoring weight.

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Requirement to use a narrative voice.

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Use of a 4-point holistic scoring rubric.

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Focus on grammar and conventions over ideas.