1. Assessment  New testing system - SAGE  Student Assessment for Growth and Excellence  Built with and for Utah  Provided by AIR  American Institutes for Research  Standards Based  Authentic  Spring to Spring and Fall to Spring Growth  Instant Reporting (after 2014)  Link to formative helps  Adaptive

2. Adaptive Might get this score if about half the answers are right Item difficulty and student scores Struggling students get easier items Excelling students get more difficult items.

3. Assessment Types  SAGE FORMATIVE Tools  Formative assessments  Other Formative Learning Tools/Lesson Plans/Activities  Guides instruction  SAGE INTERIM ASSESSMENT  Used to measure growth and progress  Same bank of items as summative  Predictive of summative  Beginning and Middle of the Year (optional)  SAGE SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT  End of year final assessment  School reporting measure  Training Test will be provided

4. Assessment Timeline  SAGE Formative Fall 2013  Teachers may start using this to guide their instruction  Teachers can start creating their own tests and adding their own items Spring 2014  SAGE Summative Spring 2014  No instant scoring available yet until cut scores are determined  ALL Assessments FALL 2014

5. Question Types When students get to think about how to solve or respond the depth of knowledge increases  Natural Response  Students type in a written response  Hot Text  Portions of text can be highlighted or dragged to one or more response boxes Sample Questions