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House gives school districts option to use ACT in grade 11 instead of SAGE testing

Utah House of Representatives · February 24, 2016
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Summary

Representative Polson’s HB200 passed the House after floor debate. The bill offers districts optional flexibility to administer the ACT in 11th grade as the year-end assessment instead of SAGE, a choice advocates said could reduce testing fatigue and increase student engagement; the bill passed and will be transmitted to the Senate.

Representative Polson presented House Bill 200 on the House floor as an optional change to statewide student-assessment practice. The bill would allow local education agencies to eliminate the year-end SAGE assessment and, at their discretion, administer the…

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