USBE ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
2016-2017 Testing Schedule
TEST
GRADE
LEVEL
SUBJECT
AREA
AAPPL
TBD
Dual
Immersion
ACCESS 2.0
K-12
ELP
ACT
11
College
Readiness
TESTING WINDOW
TBD
STUDENT DATA
TBD
January 9, 2017 – M arch 10, 2017
Single statewide extract
Initial test date: February 28, 2017
 Accommodations testing: February 28, 2017 – March 14, 2017
 Online testing: February 28, 2017 – March 14, 2017
 Make-up testing: March 21, 2017
 Make-up testing: April 19, 2017
Single statewide extract
(by the end of the month
following each testing window)
DIBELS
1, 2, 3
Reading
Completed by:
 Beginning of Year: Beginning of the school year – September 30, 2016
 Middle of Year: December 1, 2016 – January 31, 2017
 End of Year: April 15 – June 15, 2017
UAA
Grade-based
or Coursebased
Science
March 15, 2017 – June 9, 2017
Pre-populated
spreadsheet
DLM
Grade-based
or Coursebased
ELA
Math
Instructional Tools Interface (OPTIONAL): September 21, 2016 – February 28, 2017*
*Closed: December 19, 2016 – January 3, 2017
Spring testing: March 15, 2017 – June 9, 2017
Weekly UTREx extracts
4, 8
Reading
Math
Writing
NAEP
Selected schools only: January 30, 2017 – March 10, 2017
Local SIS systems
Initial Data submitted
by USOE
(School will submit
student roster in
January)
2016-2017 SAGE Testing Schedule
Summative assessments:
LEAs are responsible for determining school testing windows for each SAGE-assessed course (R277-404). SAGE assessments must be administered at the end of instruction and while a student is enrolled.
SUMMER for course instruction ending by July 29, 2016
MID-YEAR course instruction ending between Sept. 13, 2016 – March 3, 2017
SPRING – for course instruction ending after March 3, 2017
Trimester courses – 3 week window
Semester courses – 2 week window
Other courses – 1 week window
LEAs have 8 weeks to administer ALL Spring summative assessments (ELA
Reading and Writing, Math, and Science). The Spring testing window starts 8
calendar weeks prior to the last Monday of the school year.
Interim assessments:
Interim assessments are OPTIONAL and are administered based on LEA decision. Students may have one opportunity for each assessment during each Interim testing window.
JULY 2016
AUGUST 2016
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3
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10
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17
24
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19
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26
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1
2
8
9
7
14
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20
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23
14
21
27
28
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30
28
M
W
SEPTEMBER 2016
F
5
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6
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T
W
2016-2017 SAGE Testing Schedule
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Th
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July 20: Secure Browsers (Windows, Mac, Linux) available
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15
9
10
11
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13
4
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8
9
10
July 22 – 24 Maintenance Window – SAGE System offline beginning @ 5:00pm
16
17
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20
11
12
13
14
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16
July 30 – August 15: SAGE System offline
22
23
24
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27
19
20
21
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29
30
31
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25
17
24
26
27
28
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30
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Th
F
S
July 1 – July 29: Summer SUMMATIVE testing available
August 19 – 21 Maintenance Window – SAGE System offline beginning @ 5:00pm
31
August 23: Online Reporting System (ORS), Training tests, SAGE Formative available
OCTOBER 2016
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M
T
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Th
NOVEMBER 2016
F
S
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M
1
DECEMBER 2016
T
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31
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Th
F
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September 13 – March 3: Mid-year SUMMATIVE testing available
1
2
3
September 23 – 25 Maintenance Window – SAGE System offline beginning @ 5:00pm
October 21 – 23 Maintenance Window – SAGE System offline beginning @ 5:00pm
4
5
6
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8
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18
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10
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24
December 16 – 18 Maintenance Window – SAGE System offline beginning @ 5:00pm
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
January 3 – March 3: Winter Interim testing available
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W
M
1
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5
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15
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30
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Th
FEBRUARY 2017
S
26
F
27
S
28
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M
T
5
6
7
12
13
14
19
26
20
21
27
28
APRIL 2017
M
S
August 23 – December 16: Fall Interim testing available
T
W
Th
MARCH 2017
W
Th
1
2
3
4
8
9
10
15
16
17
22
23
F
24
S
F
S
S
February 24 – 26 Maintenance Window – SAGE System offline beginning @ 5:00pm
S
M
T
W
Th
F
11
5
6
7
1
8
2
9
18
25
12
13
14
15
16
March 4 – 19: SAGE Test Delivery System offline; TIDE and ORS are still available
3
10
S
4
11
March 24 – 26 Maintenance Window – SAGE System offline beginning @ 5:00pm
17
18
April 21 – 23 Maintenance Window – SAGE System offline beginning @ 5:00pm
25
May 19 – 21 Maintenance Window – SAGE System offline beginning @ 5:00pm
19
20
21
22
23
24
26
27
28
29
30
31
MAY 2017
1
M
T
W
Th
F
S
1
2
3
4
5
6
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M
T
W
March 20 – June 16: Spring SUMMATIVE testing available
June 17 – 30: SAGE System offline
JUNE 2017
June 23 – 25 Maintenance Window – SAGE System offline beginning @ 5:00pm
Th
F
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November 18 – 20 Maintenance window – SAGE System offline beginning @ 5:00pm
January 20 – 22 Maintenance Window – SAGE System offline beginning @ 5:00pm
JANUARY 2017
S
August 16: Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE) available
Key:
Summative testing
Interim testing
SAGE systems beginning availability
SAGE systems offline
2016-2017 SAGE Testing Schedule
Statewide Summative Testing Windows
LEAs are responsible for determining school testing windows for each SAGEassessed course (R277-404). SAGE assessments must be administered at the end
of instruction and while a student is enrolled in the course.
Starting
Ending
7/1/16
7/29/16
System Maintenance Windows
The SAGE system is offline during
maintenance windows.
Starting
Ending
Monthly Maintenance – beginning at 5pm
Summer
Mid-year – For courses which end on or before March 3rd
Trimester courses – 3
week window (up to the last day of the course) Semester courses – 2 week window (up to
the last day of the course) Other courses – 1 week window (up to the last day of the
course)
9/13/16
3/3/17
Spring
LEAs have eight weeks to administer all Spring summative assessments; ELA
(including Writing), Math, and Science.
The testing window starts 8 calendar weeks prior to the last Monday of the
school year.
Statewide Interim Testing Windows
Interim assessments are OPTIONAL and are administered based on LEA decision. Students
may have one opportunity for each assessment during each Interim testing window.
3/20/17
Starting
6/16/17
Ending
July
7/22/16
7/24/16
August
8/19/16
8/21/16
September
9/23/16
9/25/16
October
10/21/16
10/23/16
November
11/18/16
11/20/16
December
12/16/16
12/18/16
January
1/20/17
1/22/17
February
2/24/17
2/26/17
March
3/24/17
3/26/17
Fall
8/23/16 12/16/16
April
4/21/17
4/23/17
Winter
1/3/17
May
5/19/17
5/21/17
June
6/23/17
6/25/17
SAGE Systems
Secure Browser (Windows and OSS)
Secure Browser (Linux)
Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE)
Training Tests
Online Reporting System (ORS)
SAGE Formative
June 3, 2016
3/3/17
Available
7/20/16
7/20/16
8/16/16
8/23/16
8/23/16
8/23/16