Awesome news from legislators on SAGE tests. In this article from Ben Wood at the SL Tribune, “Utah lawmakers sour on SAGE test,” Ben shows the about face lawmakers like Senator Howard Stephenson have had on these tests. Several years ago Sen. Stephenson was pushing for computer adaptive tests. Now he’s quoted as saying:
“There will be legislation this year to create a task force to look at doing away with the SAGE test entirely,” Stephenson said during a Public Education Appropriation Subcommittee hearing. “I think we need to be looking at the whole issue of whether we should be having end-of-level tests.”
My favorite quote in the article is Rep. LaVar Christensen’s: “If you’re going in the wrong direction, you don’t step on the gas pedal.”
http://www.sltrib.com/news/2174182-155/utah-lawmakers-sour-on-sage-test?fullpage=1
Do you have any information about PACE? My school seems much more worried about their PACE scores than the SAGE. I have found very little information about it on the internet. The Canyons School District does have the following information.
http://www.canyonsdistrict.org/pace-reports
Love how when the voters gain awareness, the politicians gain insight. Continue to shine the light on the cesspit that is politics and politicians.