- Scratch Paper for SAGE: The State made a change in allowing schools or teachers to use blank “LINED” paper for the Writing /LA section of the SAGE test along with blank Graph paper for Math.
- Scoring Guide: There is a new scoring guide (rubric) on the SAGE writing test. Teachers may want to review this information with their students.
- Writing info on length and time:
- 3rd: Opinion: At least one well-organized paragraph. Informative: at least one well-organized paragraph
- 4th: Opinion: At least 3 well-organized paragraphs. Informative: at least 3 well-organized paragraph
- 5th-11th: Opinion/Argument: Multi-paragraph essay 60 mins Informative: Multi-paragraph essay 30 min