Professional Learning Courses in Georgia Learns

Understanding Assessment Course Series

A strong understanding of educational assessment is foundational to high-quality assessment practices in classrooms. An educator becomes assessment literate by mastering basic principles of sound assessment design, implementation, interpretation, and use to meet the diverse needs of all students.

The purpose of this thirteen-course series is to provide K-12 educators and leaders with the foundational knowledge and skills necessary to design, select, interpret and use assessments to make better educational decisions for students and, ultimately, improve student achievement outcomes.

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Using DRC BEACON Early Years for Literacy Screening

​This course is designed to support educators who will utilize DRC BEACON Early Years for literacy screening. The course includes important information on all components of the DRC BEACON Early Years assessment, including computer adaptive tests (CAT) in ELA and mathematics, an educator-administered Fluency and Oral Language Assessment (FOLA), Literacy Screening Profiles, student reports, and BEACON Educator Instructional Strategies (BEIS), and how they work together to provide valuable information to educators. The purpose of this course is to support educators using DRC BEACON Early Years for literacy screening, including both universal reading and dyslexia screening.

​Professional Learning Events in GaDOE Community

Our GaDOE professional learning events catalog, housed in GaDOE Community, contains registration information for upcoming virtual and in-person webinars, workshops, and conferences. On-demand, pre-recorded webinars and by-request opportunities are also available to meet educators' professional learning needs. Most by-request offerings are virtual, both synchronous and asynchronous.​ Professional learning events are updated quarterly, and educational stakeholders are encouraged to visit the site often to review the latest agencywide offerings. View our professional learning events here.

The pre-recorded webinars listed below, hosted by the Office of Assessment and Accountability, are available via the professional learning events catalog. 

​​Understanding Georgia Milestones

​​Do you have questions about the Georgia Milestones assessments? This webinar series answers frequently asked questions related to test design, reading passages, test questions, item scoring, test results, and score interpretation. ​

Georgia Milestones Assessment System: Evaluating and Improving Student Writing​​

Reading and Evidence-Based Writing (ELA Section 1)

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