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Testing

For parents, the Master Testing Calendar is available on the GCPS public website. You can use this link to access that calendar.
▪ Calendar shows all District, Gwinnett Writes, and State and National assessments by level and their administration windows.

GCPS ASSESSMENTS

DA's - District Assessments

PSAT

Eighth grade students will take the PSAT 8/9 on October 28, 2025. 

If your 8th grade student receives supports through an IEP, 504, or ELLP and you would like for your child to receive supports on College Board Exams (PSAT, SAT, or AP Exams), please complete and return the attached form to the school as soon as possible. Forms are due to Ms. Darr by 9/5/2025. Her office is in room 4.108.

Consent Form for Accommodations Request

If you have any questions at all about the form, process, etc., please do not hesitate to reach out to Ms. Darr at rachel.darr@gcpsk12.org. There are also hard copies of the form available in the front office. Thanks!
 

If you have any questions, please reach Rachel Darr at 770-582-7553 or rachel.darr@gcpsk12.org.

iReady

Stduents will be taking the iReady diagnostic assessments in August, January, and May. 

They will need to bring their Chromebooks, chargers, AND headphones that can connect to their Chromebooks.

 

headphones

 

Georgia Milestones Assessment System

All students will be given Language Arts and Math assessments. Students in eighth grade are also assessed in Science and Social Studies.  In addition, any student enrolled in Enhanced Mathematics is also required to take the Georgia Milestones End of Course (EOC) test. 

Testing will take place each day between 9:15am and 11:30am.  Please avoid checking your student out during this time.  If you are unable to avoid appointments during the testing time, it would be best to miss the testing session and take the test during a makeup session. 

Students must bring their fully charged Chromebook to school each day, so please remind your student to charge it each night before testing. Students should also bring their charger every day. 

Please have students eat a good dinner and get plenty of rest each night before testing and wake up and eat a good breakfast.

The schedule is as follows:

April/early May (specific dates coming closer to testing)

NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS

PSAT - Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test:

Access - Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State to State

NAEP - National Assessment of Educational Progress

 

GWINNETT WRITES

At the October 2022 Board of Education meeting, the board adopted a new Post-Secondary Readiness policy (IHC). With this action, the Board of Education included the charge for Gwinnett County Public Schools to develop and implement writing assessments. This new policy supports our community’s shared vision for our Portrait of a Graduate. This vision articulates the skills, competencies, and attitudes our community believes are vital for students to possess when they graduate from GCPS, including the critical thinking needed for effective written communication. Additionally, this new assessment program, named Gwinnett Writes, is a key improvement to our Balanced Assessment Program as it will allow GCPS to monitor and assess writing skills for each and every student as they learn to write in elementary school and use writing with increasing fluency for learning in middle and high school courses.  

During the 2022-2023 school year, the district developed a multi-year implementation plan that began with field testing in 6th and 10th grades in the 2023-2024 school year. GCPS provides formative writing resources and prompts to support teachers’ inclusion into instructional lessons. 

Pinckneyville Gwinnett Writes testing will take place in March.  

For more information:
GCPS Gwinnet Writes Information