53E-5-211.  Reporting.

(1)  Except as provided in Subsection (2), the state board shall annually publish on the state board’s website a report card that includes for each school:

Terms Used In Utah Code 53E-5-211

  • Parent: means a parent or legal guardian. See Utah Code 53E-1-102
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • 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 alternate assessment administered to a student with a disability. See Utah Code 53E-5-201
(a)  the school’s overall rating described in Subsection 53E-5-204(1);

(b)  the school’s performance on each indicator described in:

(i)  Section 53E-5-205, for an elementary school or a middle school; or

(ii)  Section 53E-5-206, for a high school;

(c)  information comparing the school’s performance on each indicator described in Subsection (1)(b) with:

(i)  the average school performance; and

(ii)  the school’s performance in all previous years for which data is available;

(d)  the percentage of students who participated in statewide assessments;

(e)  for an elementary school, the percentage of students who read on grade level in grades 1 through 3; and

(f)  for a high school, performance on Advanced Placement exams.

(2)  The state board shall collect, but is not required to publish the information described in Subsection (1) related to the 2020-2021 school year.

(3)  A school may include in the school’s report card described in Subsection (1) up to two self-reported school quality indicators that:

(a)  are approved by the state board for inclusion; and

(b)  may include process or input indicators.

(4) 

(a)  The state board shall develop an individualized student achievement report that includes:

(i)  information on the student’s level of proficiency as measured by a statewide assessment; and

(ii)  a comparison of the student’s academic growth target and actual academic growth as measured by a statewide assessment.

(b)  The state board shall, subject to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, make the individualized student achievement report described in Subsection (4)(a) available for a school district or charter school to access electronically.

(c)  A school district or charter school shall distribute an individualized student achievement report to the parent of the student to whom the report applies.

Amended by Chapter 346, 2021 General Session