53E-4-301.5.  Legislative intent.

(1)  In enacting this part, the Legislature intends to determine the effectiveness of school districts and schools in assisting students to master the fundamental educational skills toward which instruction is directed.

Terms Used In Utah Code 53E-4-301.5

  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • State board: means the State Board of Education. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
  • Statewide assessment: means one or more of the following, as applicable:
(a) a standards assessment described in Section 53E-4-303;
(b) a high school assessment described in Section 53E-4-304;
(c) a college readiness assessment described in Section 53E-4-305; or
(d) an assessment of students in grade 3 to measure reading grade level described in Section 53E-4-307. See Utah Code 53E-4-301
(2)  The state board shall ensure that a statewide assessment provides the public, the Legislature, the state board, school districts, public schools, and school teachers with:

(a)  evaluative information regarding the various levels of proficiency achieved by students, so that they may have an additional tool to plan, measure, and evaluate the effectiveness of programs in the public schools; and

(b)  information to recognize excellence and to identify the need for additional resources or to reallocate educational resources in a manner to ensure educational opportunities for all students and to improve existing programs.

Amended by Chapter 186, 2019 General Session

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