Georgia High School Graduation Testing Information
In order to receive a diploma, all students in Georgia’s public schools must pass the language arts, mathematics, science, social studies and writing portions of the test, earn 22 Carnegie units in a chosen program of study, and meet attendance requirements. If you are unsure of your child’s status regarding any section of the Georgia High School Graduation test or his/her standing concerning graduation requirements, I urge you to call his/her guidance counselor.
According to state guidelines, students who have not passed one or more portions of this test have other opportunities to do so while in high school. Furthermore, in accordance with Newton County School System Board Policy, students must pass ALL portions of the GHSGT to participate in graduation ceremonies.
We recommend that you begin studying immediately for each area that you need to retest as the test dates are fast approaching. Additionally, students are encouraged to seek help from their teachers before and/or after school.
Additionally, we are offering the Big Blue Blitz Remediation/Preparation Program. This consists of Saturday instruction to better prepare the students for the GHSGT. Please contact Ms. Taylor, Graduation Coach, if you are interested.
Testing dates are as follows:
| December 4th, 5th & 6th | End Of Course Test (EOCT) |
| February 27th - | Georgia High School Writing Retest |
| February 28th - | Georgia High School Writing Retest Make-ups |
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March 17th |
Georgia High School Graduation Test for Social Studies |
| March 18th | Georgia High School Graduation Test for Science |
| March 19th | Georgia High School Graduation Test for Language Arts |
| March 20th | Georgia High School Graduation Test for Math |
| March 21st | Georgia High School Graduation Make-ups for All Subjects |
| May 2nd- 16th | End of Course Window - All EOCT Courses |
| May 5th- 16th | AP Exams - All AP Courses |
For help with Language Arts, Math, Social Studies and Science click on the links below to access to these guides:
http://usatestprep.net/front/login.php (see Mrs. Kimble or Mrs. Jeffries in the computer labs, or any counselor in the Student Service Center for login and password information)
You can click on this link to download a brochure for the Georgia High School Graduation Tests: GHSGT brochure download
For help with the Writing part of the test go to this website:
http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/curriculum/testing/writing.asp
Near the bottom of the page you will see Georgia High School Writing Test (GHSWT)
And below this you will see: Assessment and Instructional Guide Download: Georgia High School Writing Test
Click on this link to download a file for the Writing test. As stated above you don’t have to print this.
Another great link for the GHSGT practice is: http://www.testprepreview.com This is a free site.
This information can be
accessed from the Internet at your home and you will also need to have the Adobe
Acrobat Reader installed. If you need to install the Acrobat Reader you can do
so here.
