Utah Code 53E-4-311. Analysis of results — Staff professional development

53E-4-311. Analysis of results — Staff professional development.

(1)	The state board, through the state superintendent, shall develop an online data reporting tool to analyze the results of statewide assessments.

Local school board: means a board elected under 2. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
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
State superintendent: means the state superintendent of public instruction appointed under Section 53E-3-301. 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 online data reporting tool shall include components designed to:

(a)	assist school districts and individual schools to use the results of the analysis in planning, evaluating, and enhancing programs;

(b)	identify schools not achieving state-established acceptable levels of student performance in order to assist those schools in improving student performance levels; and

(c)

provide:

(i)	for statistical reporting of statewide assessment results at state, school district, school, and grade or course levels; and

(ii)	actual levels of performance on statewide assessments.

(3)

A local school board or charter school governing board shall provide for:

(a)	evaluation of the statewide assessment results and use of the evaluations in setting goals and establishing programs; and

(b)	a professional development program that provides teachers, principals, and other professional staff with the training required to successfully establish and maintain statewide assessments.

(4)	The state board is not required to identify schools not achieving state-established acceptable levels of student performance as described in Subsection (2)(b) for the 2020-2021 school year.

Amended by Chapter 346, 2021 General Session