Parent and Family Information

School Hours of Operation

Elementary Schools

7:35 AM to 2:20 PM

Middle & High Schools

8:20 AM to 3:20 PM

Georgia Standards of Excellence
Gordon County Schools aligns grade level curriculum with the state adopted Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE)

State Mandated Assessments

Acadience (K-2)
What is Acadience
Family Guide to Acadience
Lexile Support for Parents

Common Formative (CFA) and Summative (CSA) Assessments

Insert: What are CFA and CSAs

CTAE End of Pathways Assessment (Grades 9-12)

What is End of Pathways Assessment (EOPA)

Georgia Alternative Assessment

What is the Georgia Alternative Assessment (GAA)

Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (GKIDS)

What is Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (GKIDS)

Georgia End of Grade/ Course Assessments
What are EOG and EOCs
Family Guide to Reading Reports
Study/ Resource Guides

MAP (K-8 and Algebra I)
What is MAP Growth
Family Guide to MAP Growth

National Assessment of Education Progress (Grades 4, 8 & 12)

What is NAEP

Gordon County Schools also administers the NWEA MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) Assessment in grades K-8 in the areas of Reading, Language Arts, and Mathematics.  MAP assessments are administered 3 times a year (fall, winter, spring) to measure student growth.  Teachers and instructional coaches utilize this data for instructional lesson planning and academic instruction supports.