What the Four Student Levels in SAGE testing means for the 8th Grade Science:
4. Highly Proficient (854-999) Students can test factors (e.g., heat, mass) affecting changes in matter. They can model energy flow through ecosystems (e.g., lakes). They can predict how energy flow and forces like gravity change landscapes. They can analyze how forces affect motion. They can model energy transfer and change.
3. Proficient (840-854) Students can describe how energy affects changes in matter. They can analyze how organisms find and use energy. They can explain how energy flow and forces such as gravity form landscapes. They can demonstrate how forces affect motion (e.g., building levers). They can trace energy transfer and change.
2. Approaching Proficient (820-839) Students can relate energy flow to changes in matter and formation of landscapes (e.g., uplift). They can compare ways organisms find and use energy. They can describe how forces affect motion (e.g., how friction slows a moving car). They can classify energy by type and transfer (e.g., radiation).
1. Below Proficient (650-819) Students can describe changes in matter. They can trace energy flow through ecosystems (e.g., forests) and Earth’s layers (e.g., volcanoes). They can recall different types of energy (e.g., kinetic) and their transfer. They can identify forces (e.g., friction) that affect an object’s motion.
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(* Numerical values are highly subject to change).
3. Proficient (840-854) Students can describe how energy affects changes in matter. They can analyze how organisms find and use energy. They can explain how energy flow and forces such as gravity form landscapes. They can demonstrate how forces affect motion (e.g., building levers). They can trace energy transfer and change.
2. Approaching Proficient (820-839) Students can relate energy flow to changes in matter and formation of landscapes (e.g., uplift). They can compare ways organisms find and use energy. They can describe how forces affect motion (e.g., how friction slows a moving car). They can classify energy by type and transfer (e.g., radiation).
1. Below Proficient (650-819) Students can describe changes in matter. They can trace energy flow through ecosystems (e.g., forests) and Earth’s layers (e.g., volcanoes). They can recall different types of energy (e.g., kinetic) and their transfer. They can identify forces (e.g., friction) that affect an object’s motion.
For more information go to Sage's Official Website
(* Numerical values are highly subject to change).
Reporting Categories
See the State Core.
A student’s report is best interpreted recognizing that there is a standard error of measurement associated with all assessment results. Detailed information about the SAGE standard error of measurement can be found at http://schools.utah.gov/assessment/Adaptive-Assessment-System/Standard-Error-of-Measurement-Explanation.aspx