Parental Exclusion

Parental Exclusion from State Assessments Form: 2021-2022

Formulario de Exclusión Paterna de las Evaluaciones Estatales: Evaluaciones Estatales Primaria 2021-2022

For general assessment questions, please call (801) 538-7600.

Assessment and Accountability Policy Advisory Committee (AAPAC)

The Utah State Board of Education has recently established the Assessment and Accountability Policy Advisory Committee. This committee was formally known as the Policy Advisory Committee (PAC). The purpose of this committee is to review current assessment and accountability policies, business rules, pending test administrations decisions and detailed accountability rules and implementation decisions. The committee will also assist the Board's Assessment and Accountability section to represent and inform the education communities about the Board's policies, programs, rules, and procedures. We will also be consulting on the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Federal Education Law and how it pertains to Utah's students. The meetings will be held quarterly beginning in September and usually last 2-3 hours.

If you would like to be considered for membership on this committee, please complete the following:

• Utah State Board of Education Application for Membership in Assessment and Accountability Policy Advisory Committee
  Utah State Board of Education Extranet

Data Gateway

Utah State Board of Education Data Gateway
Utah's Assessment and Accountability Reports

Testing Ethics

2021-2022 Standard Test Administration and Testing Ethics Policy Training Signature Form

Standard Test Administration and Testing Ethics Policy For Utah Educators
Approved by the Utah State Board of Education on April 8, 2021

Testing Ethics Training Presentation

Accountability Redesign

How should we assess the quality of schools in Utah?

Join us for virtual and in-person sessions to make your voice heard!

The Utah State Legislature and the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) are partnering to reexamine the state’s school accountability system. The current Utah School Accountability System (Utah Accountability Technical Manual) was established through Senate Bill (S.B.) 220: Student Assessment and School Accountability Amendments during the 2017 legislative session, prior to the advancement of the Personalized, Competency-Based Learning (PCBL) and Utah's Portrait of a Graduate initiatives. The pandemic has highlighted the dependency of the school accountability system on access to state assessment results. The state is seeking to build a new accountability system to be:

• Inclusive of the additional initiatives
• More comprehensive in evaluation criteria
• Aligned with and supportive of continuous school improvement efforts for all schools

For this work to be successful, the state needs to hear from the public on the information needed to better understand school quality. Please consider participating in the following sessions to provide your input on the future of school accountability in Utah.

Virtual Sessions - Key Areas of School Quality

These virtual sessions gathered information on the key areas the public feels should be included in the state’s redesigned system to understand the quality of schools. Thank you to those who joined.

March 1, 2022
Time: 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Utah School Accountability Redesign Public Engagement, March 1, 2022
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March 3, 2022
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Utah School Accountability Redesign Public Engagement, March 3, 2022
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In-Person Sessions - Prioritizing Key Areas of School Quality

These in-person sessions are designed for participants to provide feedback on which areas should be prioritized in the new accountability system. The content will be the same for both in-person sessions, so please choose the session that works best for you.

If you are planning on attending one of these in-person sessions and need sign language translation, please contact Darin Nielsen at darin.nielsen@schools.utah.gov by April 1, 2022.