​​​​​​​​​​​​The purpose of these Item and Scoring Samplers is to provide examples of the type of constructed-response items that appear on the End of Grade (EOG) and End of Course (EOC) Georgia Milestones English Language Arts ​assessments. The items in the samplers may be used for classroom instruction purposes. Teachers may use the rubrics and sample student responses in the sampler as a guide to score responses written by their own students. These samplers are a supplemental resource and are provided to complement, not replace, other instructional resources developed by the local school district or provided by the Curriculum and Instruction Division of the Georgia Department of Education. In principle, the Item and Scoring Samplers are intended to be descriptive of the types of constructed-response items that appear on the Georgia Milestones assessments and should not be considered all-inclusive.