Sage News: Week of September 16, 2019

Diagnostic or Assessment
Is i-Ready an assessment or a diagnostic? The answer is both. We use the words interchangeably because it is our local assessment, which happens to be a diagnostic. Another view is that the assessment provides a diagnosis of a student’s current levels, which helps to inform future instruction. Our diagnostic is adaptive, which means that about 50% of the questions should be harder or potentially brand new information. This allows for more accurately pinpointing student needs down to the sub-skill level, which is aligned with our personalized model.  If the test were finite, the results would be less individualized.
 

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• October we will be virtually hosting the 1st annual Sage Oak Cultivate and Create Contest in which interested students will be able to submit a work of art inspired by the theme “Be the One.” 
• On February 4th, we will host our annual STEM event for students who would like to participate in completing a science or engineering project. This day will be packed with fun activities in math and science, even if your student doesn’t enter a project in the fair.
• We will finish off our academic events with a Walk Through History event, March 16th-20th, held in each regional area. During this event, students will have the opportunity to bring to life a figure from the past and teach others about the important impact of this person. Be on the lookout as more specific information will be coming out in future newsletters about each of these events!

Math Matters
This year we are focusing on supporting families in math instruction by choosing an excellent math curriculum and providing additional resources to help in the teaching of math. One great resource that will be provided each month is a math newsletter.

Click the button below to read September’s issue of Math Matters.

• College 101 Webinar on Tuesday, September 24th at 1 pm. Click here to sign up.
• FAFSA Webinar (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) on Friday, September 27th at 11 am. Click here to sign up.