Utah is cutting ties with Washington, D.C.-based American Institutes for Research (AIR), the testing vendor that developed the SAGE exam taken by public school students each year.
The Utah Board of Education announced Friday that it will enter into a five-year, $30 million contract with Questar Assesment Inc., headquartered in Minnesotta, to develop a new computer-adaptive tests for Utah students in grades three through eight.
Utah retains ownership of the SAGE bank of test questions, which will be used along with new content in an as-yet-unnamed Questar Assessment test, expected to launch during the 2018-2019 school year.