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House passes SB 149 to adjust school grading for new assessments after extended floor debate

Utah House of Representatives · March 10, 2016
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Summary

The House adopted Second Substitute SB 149, which adjusts school-grading scale mappings to reflect new SAGE assessments and avoid a statewide slide to D/F grades; sponsor promised interim review and members agreed to continued study of later provisions.

Representative Last, floor sponsor for Second Substitute SB 149, told members the bill adjusts grading maps after the state switched from CRT to SAGE assessments and warned that failing to adjust would produce a dramatic shift toward D and F grades statewide. He said the adjustments were necessary because the…

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