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Senate advances plan to replace SAGE with ACT and create single student-accountability system
Summary
A first-substitute bill to move Utah high-school assessments from SAGE to the ACT and to create a single, multi-indicator accountability dashboard advanced to third reading after extended floor debate on funding, local buy-in and criterion-referenced standard setting.
Senate Republicans voted to advance the first substitute of Senate Bill 20, which would replace SAGE testing in high school with the ACT for grades 9–11 and create a single, multi-indicator accountability system focused on student-level outcomes.
Sponsor Senator Milner said the change aims to make high-school assessment more meaningful for students and to let parents, teachers and students see growth, proficiency and postsecondary-readiness indicators in one dashboard. "We would move from SAGE to ACT in high school, which means ninth, tenth and eleventh grade assessment," Milner said, adding…
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