March 21, 2014SAGE

SUMMATIVE TRAINING

ALBION MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR TEACHERS

Ed Tech: Michelle Pohl

How to administer SAGE – Step-by-Step Guide

Student Log in to SAGE – Quick Start Guide

Monitoring and Managing the Testing Step-by-Step Guide for SAGE for

students AccommodationsTesting Ethics

SAGE TRAINING TOPICS

How to Administer SAGE Test

FOR TEACHERS

TEACHER: OPEN WEB BROWSER

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• Go to the portal at sageportal.org

• Click the [SAGE Test Administration]

New Icon…

• Type in email under Username.

• Enter Password

TEACHER: SELECT SAGE TEST

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Test Administrator Interface: Operational

Select the SAGE test(s) you want to administer

Click Start Session

TEACHER: WRITE SESSION IDON BOARD

Note: Once test is selected and started you must write SESSION ID

on the board

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Figure 1. Before Starting a Test Session

Figure 2. After Starting a Test Session

Hand out tickets to each student. If this is the first SAGE test for

students, hand out headphones as needed. Tell students they are required to bring them to each SAGE test for the next few weeks.

Have students Click on the Testing Icon (Secure Web Browser).

STUDENTS: LOG IN TO SAGE

MAC

PC

Students SIGN IN. From their ticket:

Enter First Name (as it appears on ticket), Enter SSID number, and Session ID.

The teacher will write the session ID on the board.

Wait for Teacher Students select SAGE test. Begin.

STUDENTS: LOG IN TO SAGE

TEACHER: VIEW STUDENTS TO APPROVE

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• [Approvals] button is clickable• [Approvals] button says “[Approvals (# of

students)].”• Preview table lists each student and his or

her selected test.

Click Approvals

TEACHER: APPROVAL STARTS STUDENT TESTING

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Click Refresh to Approve new log ins

Note: You may approve all students who appear in the list. However, students who logged in to the test session after you opened the Approvals screen will still need to be approved. Click the [Refresh] button to update the list.

Remember to Click Refresh as new students Log In!

CONGRATULATIONS STUDENTS SHOULD

BE TAKING SAGE!

TEACHER: MONITORING STUDENT PROGRESS

After students have logged in and you have approved them to begin testing, your test session table will display each student currently logged in to the session.

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TEACHER: STUDENT STATUSESStatus Description

Approved

The Test Administrator has approved the student for the session, but the student has not yet started or resumed the test.

Started (#/#)

The student has started testing. The number after this status indicates how many items the student has answered out of the total number of items on the test. This number does not indicate which item or item page the student is actively viewing.

ReviewThe student has answered all items and is currently reviewing his or her answers before submitting the test for scoring. Note: A test with a review status occurs only at the end of the test. A test is not “completed” until the student submits the test.

Completed

The student has submitted the test. No additional action can be taken by the student.

Submitted

The test has been submitted for quality assurance review, validation, and overall scoring. 13

TEACHER: STOPPING/PAUSING SAGE TESTS

Through the TA Interface, Test Administrators may:Stop an entire session; or Pause individual student tests.

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TEACHER: STOPPING THE ENTIRE SESSION To stop the session (and pause tests for all students in

the session): Click the [Stop Session] button in the upper left

corner of the screen. An “Important!” box will appear, requesting verification to end the session and log students out.

Click [OK] to continue or [Cancel] to keep the test session open.

Stopping a session will automatically pause all students’ tests in that session, and the students will be logged out automatically. The students can easily resume their tests once the teacher has created a new session containing the appropriate tests.

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TEACHER: PAUSING TESTS OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS

Pausing an individual student’s test will pause only that student’s test.

Only that student will be logged out automatically. That student can easily resume their test by

requesting entry into the same session again, provided the session is still active.

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STUDENT TESTING BASIC TEST RULES

Students cannot skip test items. Students must answer all test items on a page before going to the next page.

Some pages contain multiple test items. Students may need to use the vertical scroll bar to view all items on a page.

Students cannot pause if they have not finished all items on a page.

Note: Students who viewed an item and then pressed the back button will still need to answer the items or items viewed on the previous page before they can pause.

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STUDENT TESTINGBASIC TEST RULES

Students may mark items for review and use the Past/Marked drop-down menu to return to those items, unless the test has been paused for more than 20 minutes. Exceptions to this rule:

Segmented tests (only Math Grade 6 is segmented). Once the student submits that portion and has been “approved” to move to the next he/she cannot return to the first segment.

SAGE Writing test. There is no pause time limit. Students may return to their Writing tests at any time prior to submittal.

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STUDENT TEST TOOLS

All students have the ability to:Highlight text -doesn’t save from one session to the

nextZoom Mark items for reviewStrikethroughUse the Formula Sheet, Notepad or Calculator (as

provided or allowed on test) Use the Expand button to display a reading passage

or a science simulationListen to Text-to-Speech audio in the test questions.

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