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• In 2008 Utah began to pilot a new computer adaassessment s!stem" Its success let the Utah #egto establish a statewide computer$adaptie s!ste201%$1&' and the spring o( 2015 mar)s the secon

results"• SAGE tests students* )nowledge and s)ills in Eng

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• ,he numbers show that without a doubt' Utah studma)ing good progress-

• ,he gains are the result o( hard wor) b! teachers'administrators' and our students with the support ocommunit! members and education partners-

• All three areas o( English #anguage Arts.#iterac!' +and Science displa!ed improement-

• In addition and especiall! impressie- more studentparticipated in testing" ,!picall! scores (or large scassessments decrease with the addition o( students

Student /er(ormance much improed the sec

!ear o( SAGE Assessments

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Science

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• ,eachers continue to (ocus on the standards with new aninnoatie strategies' as this is the best approach (or stumaster! o( s)ills and )nowledge-

• As students become more (amiliar with the technolog! a;uestion t!pes' results are a better re

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@ow do we compare nation wide?

ased on a report conducted b! Achiee"org ' loo)ing at Bdisparities between stests and the 201% 7ational Assessment o( Educational /rogress C7AE/D' It wa(ound thatF • 6er 50 o( states* show large discrepancies between their state tests and

7AE/ results' most were greater than %0 points"

•  ,oo man! states are sa!ing students are BprocientH when the! are not actu

well prepared" 

•  @oweer' Utah is one o( si states Calong with 7ew Jor)' >isconsin' Alabam+assachusetts' and +innesotaD to appear on the report*s B,ruth ,ellerH list iboth (ourth grade reading and eighth grade math" ,his means that what Utaconsiders procient in reading and math is also what 7AE/ considers prociin reading and math"

•  ,he report not onl! includes data (or 201%$1&' but also 2012$1%" Kor Utah' tBhonest a H in (ourth rade readin narrowed (rom &1 oints to 5 oints w