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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SEPTEMBER 2016
F
5

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6

2016-2017 SAGE Testing Schedule

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4

July 20: Secure Browsers (Windows, Mac, Linux) available

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15

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10

July 22 24 Maintenance Window SAGE System offline beginning @ 5:00pm

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July 30 August 15: SAGE System offline

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2

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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
S

Th

NOVEMBER 2016
F

DECEMBER 2016

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September 13 March 3: Mid-year SUMMATIVE testing available

September 23 25 Maintenance Window SAGE System offline beginning @ 5:00pm

October 21 23 Maintenance Window SAGE System offline beginning @ 5:00pm

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December 16 18 Maintenance Window SAGE System offline beginning @ 5:00pm

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January 3 March 3: Winter Interim testing available

10

11

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13

15
22

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FEBRUARY 2017

26

27

28

12

13

14

19
26

20

21

27

28

APRIL 2017
M

August 23 December 16: Fall Interim testing available

Th

MARCH 2017

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10

15

16

17

22

23

24

February 24 26 Maintenance Window SAGE System offline beginning @ 5:00pm

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11

1
8

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9

18
25

12

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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

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18

April 21 23 Maintenance Window SAGE System offline beginning @ 5:00pm

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May 19 21 Maintenance Window SAGE System offline beginning @ 5:00pm

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MAY 2017

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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

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11

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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

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