Ringgold Middle School

Testing is usually held the 3rd week of April.

The Georgia Milestones Assessment System is a comprehensive assessment program spanning 3rd grade through high school.

Georgia Milestones measures how well students have learned the knowledge and skills outlined in the state-adopted content standards in language arts, math, science, and social studies.

More importantly, the Georgia Milestones is designed to provide students with information about their own achievement and readiness for their next level of learning.

• Open-ended (constructed-response) items in English Language Arts assessment
• A writing component (in response to passages read) in the ELA assessment
• Multiple-choice items

This assessment will be administered online. Special accommodations can be made for students who cannot interact with a computer or device due to their disability.

• Georgia Milestones measures how well a student has acquired the knowledge and skills outlined in the standards for their grade level.

• Redesigned ELA (2025-2026): Aligned to new state standards, the ELA assessments will provide a composite score based on Reading & Vocabulary and Writing & Language.
• Students are not compared to each other but are measured on how well they are meeting these standards.
• Student achievement in each content area is classified into four performance levels called Achievement Levels.
• Scores are scaled so that they are comparable and carry the same meaning to all stakeholders (the state of Georgia, school systems, schools, teachers, parents, and the community).
• A range of scaled scores will fall into one of four Achievement Levels.

At Ringgold Middle School, we establish our school goals for student learning at the beginning of each school year. Our students and staff work hard all year long to achieve these goals. Our goals are included in our Parent & Family Engagement Policy & in our School-Wide Improvement Plan.

RMS School Goals for 2025-2026

76% of students will read on grade level.

58% of students will demonstrate grade level writing and use of language

38% of students will demonstrate grade level Math skills.

• Encourage your child to do their best and to use good test-taking skills, such as following directions carefully, avoiding careless errors, and reviewing their answers.
• Explain to your child that the purpose of this test is to show what they have learned in school. Point out that some items may be more difficult than others, so they should try not to get discouraged.
• Provide your child with opportunities to get plenty of sleep and to have a healthy breakfast and lunch.
• Arrive at school on time. Arriving on time ensures that your child is not rushed.
• Appreciate your child's hard work. Remember to ask your child about the test at the end of each day.

Students who are prepared, calm, and rested perform better on tests!

Georgia's rigorous content standards promote that students should be ready for college or a career upon exiting high school. To reach these high school graduation goals, it is important for a student to read and understand texts of steadily increasing complexity as they progress through school. The Lexile® Framework provides valuable insights into student readiness by measuring both the complexity of college and career texts and a student's ability to comprehend these texts.​

The Lexile® Framework helps to describe the text complexity necessary for students to meet the demands of colleges and careers at each grade level. Georgia's content standards focus both on the text complexity of what students read and how well students read and comprehend. The Lexile ranges in the table below help teachers and parents determine what text is appropriate for each grade level. These ranges suggest what text will help students gain in literacy skills toward these goals for college and career readiness.

Thank you for taking the time to review the above information pertaining to the Georgia Milestones assessment. We hope this information is helpful in understanding the Milestones test and assists you in better helping and engaging with your student during the test. If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to your child's teacher or to Stacey Newell, Title I Parent Involvement Coordinator at RMS.

Title I Documents

Click here for the RMS Website

Title I Handouts available on the RMS website

• Testing in Georgia

• Components of a Title I Schoolwide

• Georgia Standards of Excellence

• How to Communicate with Your Child’s Teacher

• RMS Family Engagement Policy

• Catoosa County Family Engagement Policy

• Compacts

• Input Card

• Title I Budget

• Annual Meeting