Introduction to SAGE Formative

Kim Rathke

Utah State Office of Education

Fall 2014

2Fall 2014

What is Formative Assessment?

A process used by teachers and students during instruction that provides feedback to adjust ongoing teaching and learning to improve students’ achievement of intended instructional outcomes. The formative assessment process involves gathering evidence and providing feedback to adjust ongoing teaching moves and learning tactics.

(FAST) State Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards (SCASS) of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)

What is Formative Assessment?

Using assessment data to help guide instruction for learning

at the classroom level

Provides feedback to students for their

self-monitoring and subsequent learning

Provides teachers with information about student

thinking

Assessment is an integral part of self-regulated learning

Provides teachers with feedback to help them decide on next

steps

Provides opportunities for teachers to give

feedback

Formative Assessment for Learning

From King’s Assessment Work—from research to practice to research.

Chris Harrison and Paul Black

Effective Assessment for Learning

Focused on specific standards

Connects the dots between instruction and student understanding

Provides data-informed instruction that generates good data, good discussion and conclusions, and good actions

SAGE Formative

The Basics

SAGE Formative Features• Designed for grades K-12 ELA, math, and science teachers

• Provides educators access to a bank of items similar in look and feel to SAGE Summative assessments that are linked to the Utah State Standards

• Allows educators, administrators, and LEAs to create targeted formative assessments that measure student understanding of specific standards in ELA, math, and/or science

• Allows educators to create resources that can be shared with other educators including multiple-choice, multi-select, table match, and hand-scored text response activities

SAGE Formative Features• Provides assignment summary, item analysis, and

benchmark reports at the classroom level enabling data-informed instruction

• Facilitates flipped learning, remediation, and extended learning, because students and families have access to teacher-selected resources outside the classroom

• Compatible with mobile devices (ex. iPads, Android tablets, Chromebooks, etc.)

SAGE FormativeThree tools—Grades K-12, Math, Science and ELA

– SAGE Formative Item Bank Includes ELA, math, and science items types that look and feel like the SAGE

Summative item types

– Activity Builder – Educator-created items that must align to math, science or ELA standards

Multiple choice; Multiple select; Table match; Hand-scored Constructed Response

– SAGE Instructional Support Materials--Enhance instruction and professional development

Lesson plans; videos; quiz/test sets

SAGE Formative Key Terminology

SAGE Formative Key Terminology

• Activity: individual component of a resource—a lesson, a practice question, or a quiz question

• Resource: educational materials and instructional aids (must contain at least one activity; may include stimulus & items

• Assignment: a collection of student activity resources (a quiz or test)

SAGE Formative Key Terminology

• Stimulus: a component in a resource that provides context for an activity—includes reading passages, images, graphs, tables, video or audio clips

• Stem: question or prompt in an activity that students must respond to

• Content Editor: tool in the Activity Builder that is used to align activities to standards, and to create and edit the content for activities and stimuli

SAGE Formative Roles• Educator:

– School Educators are school-level user, such as teachers, who may be associated with class rosters.

– Administrative Educators are administrative, state, LEA, or school-level users who can create common assignments and edit entity-level libraries.

• Educator Group: A customizable group of educators who can collaborate on and share activities and resources with each other in the group’s shared library.

SAGE Formative Assignment Process

Create Activity

Build Resource

Publish

Browse Resources

Add to

Cart

ActivityActivity

ResourceActivityActivityActivity

Assign to

Students

Assignment

Activity

Activity

ResourceActivityActivityActivity

Activity

Educator Features: Teacher Home Page

Educator FeaturesFeature Description

Browse Resources Search for resources, create resources, and create

assignments Copy available resources to the Activity Builder

View Assignments

View active, recently completed, and archived assignments Edit, copy, delete, and enter hand scores for existing

assignments Access reports for completed assignments

Activity Builder Create, edit, and publish activities as resources Create and edit stimuli that can be attached to activities

View Classes and Students

View and manage your associated classes (rosters) View assignments for each student in your classes

Group Membership(s) Create and join educator groups and manage group

membership

View Reports View assignment summary, benchmark proficiency, and item

analysis reports  

Using the Formative Bank

Creating an Assignment

With Pre-Built Items

Browse Resources

Resources: Search Results

Resource Preview

• To preview a resource, click and a pop-up window will appear.

• To mark as a favorite, click the Favorite button from either the resource results page or the resource view

Resource Preview

Actions include:- Open navigation pane - Print the resource- Zoom in or out - Mark as a favorite - Add to cart

Note: To return to the resource results list, use the Back button in the upper left hand corner.

Resources that you add to the Resource Cart can be combined into a new resource or saved as an assignment.

Need Assistance with Differentiation? See Related Standards

• Prerequisite and follow-on standards related to a resource may be found by clicking on Related Standards and clicking one of the resulting options.

Related StandardsEducators may scroll through benchmarks; the prerequisite and follow-on standards will display for each benchmark.

Related Standards

If you click on a skill, the focus will shift:

Prerequisite standard with links to resources

Follow-On standards with links to resources

Follow-On standards with links to resources

Creating Assignments

Manage Assigned Students

View Classes & Students

• This page shows the class rosters and students associated with a teacher.

• Change the View By filter to Students to see all students associated with a teacher.

• Click on the View Assignment button to view all assignments for the selected student

Assignments Page

Assignments Page

The Assignments page has three filters:

• Active Assignments Assignments that have not yet passed the due date. This

list also includes assignments that are not yet assigned to any students.

• Recently Completed Assignments Assignments that passed the due date within the last 14

days.

• Archived Assignments Assignments that are more than 14 days past the due date.

Managing Assignments

For each assignment, you will be able to refresh, view the progress bar, and take the following actions:

• Edit• Copy• Delete• Report

Assignment Summary ReportProvides overall assignment information for selected assignments, including average scores and completion rates. Available for all rosters, a single roster, assigned students, or individual students

View Assignment Details: Item Analysis Report

• Allows you to view all the resource activities in an assignment, the overall analysis of each item, the actual activity item, and the raw item score analysis.

Student Summary Report

• Teachers can view and print a report that shows the student’s first name, last name, SSID and a list of all active assignments (assignment name and due date) given to the student.

• The information for each student will automatically print on separate pages.

Exporting Reports

• You can export the data in Assignment Summary, Benchmark Proficiency, and Item Analysis reports.

• The reports are exported as .csv files.

Exporting Roster Information

• Export roster information from the Classes/Groups table or the Students table.

• Exports roster information as .csv files, which you can open in Microsoft Excel and other .csv compatible programs.

Need More Help?

Many screens will have a button to provide additional help. Click on the button to see additional text.

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How Do My Students Access SAGE Formative?

• Student access is through SSID numbers. When they log in for the first time each school year, they will use their SSID numbers as both their username and password.

• The system will force a password change.• Teachers do not have access to student

passwords.• If students forget passwords, they will have to

request another one.

January 19, 2012

Resources

• SAGE Formative Help Desk sagehelpdesk@air.org

• SAGE Formative User Guide – Found at sageportal.org under Search Resources tab

• Contact Kim Rathke @ USOE kim.rathke@schools.utah.gov