Inside USBE > Departments and Programs > Assessment and Accountability
Our mission is to serve the public by providing measurable information about Utah students' core knowledge, skills, and abilities; acquired through high quality valid and reliable assessments. We strive to:
In the Summer of 2021, the Utah State Board of Education engaged in work to consider changes to the school accountability system. The result of this work is contained in the Utah School Accountability Redesign report and offers recommendations for the redesign of Utah’s School Accountability System. The overarching goal of this work is to create a school accountability system that is more aligned with Personalized, Competency-Based Learning practices and Utah’s Portrait of a Graduate competencies while maintaining an easy to compare, simple, and transparent school accountability system. Included in this work is a consideration of an accountability system that is balanced and holistic to the nature of learning, drives improvements and stimulates local accountability efforts.
In 2020, the Utah State Board of Education, through a group of key education stakeholders, engaged in the work of creating an Assessment Strategic Plan for the purpose of reimagining and developing a framework for state assessment that is aligned with the Board’s Strategic Direction.
R277-404: Requirements for Assessments of Student Achievement
Utah State Board of Education Administrative Rules
Parental Exclusion from State Assessments Form: 2023-2024 Elementary State Assessments
Parental Exclusion from State Assessments Form: 2023-2024 Secondary State Assessments
For general assessment questions, please call (801) 538-7600.
The Utah State Board of Education has 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.
Utah State Board of Education Data Gateway
Utah's Assessment and Accountability Reports
2023-2024 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 (USBE) on August 4, 2022
Standard Test Administration and Testing Ethics Training 2023-2024
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:
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.
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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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.