American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)/AAPPL
Language Testing International (LTI)
The Utah State Board of Education has contracted with LTI to provide the ACTFL/AAPPL assessment to schools participating in the Utah State Board of Education Dual Language Immersion program.
Testing Window is from November 4, 2019 to December 20, 2019.
Language Testing International (LTI):
Utah Dual Language Immersion 2019 Testing Window
Formerly Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS).
Acadience Reading | Acadience Reading Benchmark Goals and Composite Score
Dynamic Measurement Group, Inc. (DMG)
R277-406-3: Benchmark Reading Assessments
Utah Office of Administrative Rules
Special Education: Assessment
Utah State Board of Education
Utah School Report Card: Early Literacy
Utah State Board of Education Reading on Grade Level Targets for Acadience Reading K-6
If you have any questions, please contact Liz Williams at liz.williams@schools.utah.gov, Assessment Development Coordinator at (801) 538-7542.
Standard (Paper)
March 3, 2020
Accommodations (Paper)
March 3-6, 2020
March 9-13, 2020
Online Standard and Accommodations
March 3-5, 2020
March 10-12, 2020
Standard (Paper)
March 24, 2020
Accommodations (Paper)
March 24-27, 2020
March 30-31, 2020
April 1-3, 2020
Online Standard and Accommodations
March 24-26, 2020
March 31, 2020 - April 2, 2020
Standard (Paper)
April 7, 2020
Accommodations (Paper)
April 7-10, 2020
April 13-17, 2020
Online Standard and Accommodations
April 7-9, 2020
April 14-16, 2020
ACT Administration Training
YouTube
ACT Accommodations and Supports Information
ACT Connections: Utah Core Standards and ACT Subtests
ACT Overview: Frequently Asked Question (FAQ)
ACT New Testing Administrative/Coordinator Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
ACT Online Testing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Homeschooled Students and the ACT Frequently Asked Question (FAQ)
ACT State Testing: Utah
This website is created and maintained by ACT for Utah regarding the statewide ACT test administration of Grade 11 students.
Olympus High School English Learner (EL) Accommodations Plan
Have questions about Shmoop? Need help with your account? Want to set up customized training for your school or Local Education Agency (LEA)? Contact Stephanie Weiss at stephanie.weiss@shmoop.com, West Coast Accounts Manager.
Shmoop: ACT and Plan Test Prep Tool
This web page has information regarding the online ACT prep tool provided by Shmoop for students and educators. Every high school student, teacher, counselor, and administrator in Utah now has free, unlimited, and secure access to the Shmoop ACT Prep Tool.
If you have any questions please contact Rebecca Peterson at rebecca.peterson@schools.utah.gov, College and Career Readiness Specialist at (801) 538-7694.
American Civics Education Initiative
Utah Education Network (UEN)
Special Education Laws, State Rules and Regulations
Utah State Board of Education Special Education Services
If you have any questions, please contact Robert Austin at robert.austin@schools.utah.gov, Education Specialist at (801) 538-7575.
Utah's Kindergarten Entry and Exit Profile (KEEP) is intended to inform various stakeholders, such as parents, teachers, and leadership, on the academic and social-emotional development of entering and exiting kindergarten students. The information gained from the profile will be used to:
Utah's KEEP: Student Materials
If you need this information in an accessible format, please contact the department directly.
Utah's KEEP: Test Administration Manual
If you need this information in an accessible format, please contact the department directly.
Utah's KEEP: Student Materials
If you need this information in an accessible format, please contact the department directly.
Utah's KEEP: Test Administration Manual
If you need this information in an accessible format, please contact the department directly.
KEEP Trainings
YouTube
If you have any questions, please contact Liz Williams at liz.williams@schools.utah.gov, Education Specialist, at (801) 538-7542.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as "the Nation's Report Card," is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas.
Utah Overview
The Nation's Report Card
2019 Mathematics State Snapshot Report: Utah Grade 4
2019 Mathematics State Snapshot Report: Utah Grade 8
2019 Reading State Snapshot Report: Utah Grade 4
2019 Reading State Snapshot Report: Utah Grade 8
2017 Mathematics State Snapshot Report: Utah Grade 4
2017 Mathematics State Snapshot Report: Utah Grade 8
2017 Reading State Snapshot Report: Utah Grade 4
2017 Reading State Snapshot Report: Utah Grade 8
2015 Science State Snapshot Report: Utah Grade 4
2015 Science State Snapshot Report: Utah Grade 8
NAEP 2019 Facts for Principals Grades 4-8 Mathematics, Reading
NAEP 2019 Facts for Principals Grades 4-8 Mathematics, Reading, Science
NAEP 2019 Facts for Principals Grade 12 Mathematics, Reading, Science
Selecting Schools for Participation in State-Level NAEP
State Guide to NAEP Participation 2017
The Nation's Report Card and State Assessments
Angela Battaglia
Education Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7814 | E-mail
Utah’s Pre-kindergarten Entry and Exit Profile (PEEP) is intended to inform various stakeholders, such as parents, teachers, and leadership, on the academic and lifelong learning practices essential for entering and exiting pre-kindergarten students. The information gained from the profile will be used to:
Assessment information coming soon. Further information regarding the assessment can be found in House Bill (H.B.) 380: Utah School Readiness Initiative Amendments.
Utah's PEEP Entry: Student Materials
If you need this information in an accessible format, please contact the department directly.
Utah's PEEP Entry: Test Administration Manual
If you need this information in an accessible format, please contact the department directly.
Utah's PEEP Exit: Student Materials
If you need this information in an accessible format, please contact the department directly.
Utah's PEEP Exit: Test Administration Manual
If you need this information in an accessible format, please contact the department directly.
PEEP Trainings
YouTube
If you have any questions, please contact Liz Williams at liz.williams@schools.utah.gov, Education Specialist, at (801) 538-7542.
The RISE assessment is a multistage computer adaptive criterion referenced assessment system that includes summative tests for English Language Arts (ELAs), Mathematics, Science, and Writing. The summative tests are scheduled to be delivered to the following grades.
Utah RISE Portal
For the 2019-2020 School Year
ELA
Mathematics
Science
Writing
3-8
3-8
4-8
5 and 8
Utah Selects New Statewide School Testing Provider
Utah State Board of Education Public Relations
RISE Testing Frequently Asked Questions
Introducing RISE (Readiness, Improvement, Success, Empowerment)
YouTube
The Utah Aspire Plus assessment is a hybrid of ACT Aspire and Utah Core test items. It is a computer delivered, fixed form end-of-grade-level high school assessment for students in 9 and 10. Utah Aspire Plus includes four subtests: reading, English, mathematics, and science. Students receive predicted ACT score ranges for each subtest, as well as an overall predicted composite ACT score range. The assessment also provides proficiency scores for end-of-grade-level expectations for 9th and 10th grade students in English language arts, mathematics, and science.
March 23, 2020 - May 15, 2020
ACT College and Career Readiness Standards
Development and Scoring Guide: Understanding Your Data
Periodic Table of the Elements
Utah Aspire Act Plus | Utah Aspire Act Plus (Spanish)
Testing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Understanding Spring 2019 Data
Utah Aspire Plus Score Interpretation Guide
Testing Times:
Tests cannot be divided into sections. Each test must be completed in one sitting (unless student has an IEP or 504 accommodation for stop-the-clock breaks or for securely extending the test over multiple days).
Please reference the website below to find more details about the test blueprints.
Additional Reporting Resources
Pearson Education, Utah Aspire Plus
June 2018 Pearson Presentation
YouTube
Additional information related to Utah Aspire Plus, including student, parent, and teacher resources will be added to this page as they become available.
The Utah Core Standards Benchmark Assessments are a productivity tool for Utah teachers and students that focus on specific strands within the Utah Core Standards. The Benchmarks are testlets—typically between 8 and 15 items, depending on the content area—that are designed to give teachers and students an opportunity to identify strengths and weaknesses with specific knowledge, skills, and abilities outlined in the Utah Core Standards.
The following are available as part of the Utah Core Standards Benchmark Assessments:
September 16, 2019
Benchmarks Overview
Time: 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
October 2, 2019
Benchmarks Administration Training
Time: 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Utah Core Standards Benchmark
YouTube
If you have any questions please contact Rebecca Peterson at rebecca.peterson@schools.utah.gov, College and Career Readiness Specialist at (801) 538-7694.
Utah is a member state of the WIDA Consortium. WIDA advances academic language development and academic achievement for children and youth who are culturally and linguistically diverse through high quality WIDA English Language Development (ELD) Standards, assessments, research, and professional learning for educators.
Utah uses Kindergarten WIDA-ACCESS Placement Test (W-APT) and WIDA Screener Online (Grades 1-12) to identify English Learners (ELs). ACCESS for English Language Learners (ELLs) 2.0 is given to all EL students during the annual testing window to measure proficiency and growth toward academic language proficiency in English.
All who administer WIDA assessments must be certified. To become certified to administer and score Utah WIDA assessments, test administrators must annually complete the WIDA online training course for the appropriate assessment and grade span and score 80% or higher on the end-of-module quiz.
ACCESS 2.0 is Utah's online summative assessment of EL students. It is developed and maintained by WIDA.
This assessment is administered for a number of purposes:
All EL students must be tested annually using the ACCESS 2.0 assessment. When students earn a Proficiency Level of 5.0 or higher, they are considered fluent in English. Students are then re-designated to monitoring status for four years. Students are not required to take the ACCESS 2.0 assessment during these four years of monitoring. The Local Education Agency (LEA) may use appropriate data, evaluation, and team-based problem solving to consider reclassifying the student as EL if, while in monitoring status, the student demonstrates consistent and continued need for increased language support services.
For students in grades 1 through 12, LEAs are required to give WIDA ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 Summative Assessment. ACCESS 2.0 Paper is allowable for students with specific needs (e.g. students with disabilities; recently arrived English Learners, such as immigrant and refugee students).
Students with significant cognitive disabilities who take Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM)/Utah Alternate Assessment (UAA), Utah State Board of Education Special Education Assessment, are eligible for WIDA Alternate ACCESS for ELLs.
Students in Kindergarten are administered WIDA Kindergarten ACCESS for ELLs.
LEAs are required to administer a WIDA Screener to newly enrolled students who indicate on the home language survey that they speak any language other than English. Screener is available to LEAs all year; however, federal law requires that students must be administered Screener within 30 days of enrollment within the first month of school, and within 10 days of enrollment thereafter. Screener should only be administered once during a student's enrollment in Utah schools.
Students are eligible for EL services if they earn a score of 1-4 on Screener for grades 1-12, or a score of 1-28 on W-APT for Kindergarten students.
For students in grades 1 through 12, LEAs are required to give WIDA Screener Online. WIDA Screener Paper is allowable for students with specific needs (e.g. students with disabilities; recently arrived English Learners, such as immigrant and refugee students). Both Screener online and Screener Paper are provided by Utah State Board of Education at no cost to LEAs.
Students in Kindergarten are given the W-APT
WIDA Measure of Developing English Language (MODEL) is also an acceptable tool for screening for grades K-12 that can be purchased by the LEA.
ACCESS Testing Window: January 6 through March 6
Register through Massively Integrated Data Analytics System (MIDAS) using Course Number 53369.
August 27: WIDA Screener Online
August 28 (Morning): WIDA AMS for Screener
August 28 (Afternoon): WIDA Kindergarten Model
August 29: The Noisy Classroom
December 9 (Half Day): ACCESS for ELLs Test Coordinator
December 9 (Half Day): ACCESS for ELLs Test Administrator
December 10 (Half Day): Kindergarten ACCESS Test Administrators
December 10 (Half Day): Interpreting ACCESS for ELLs Score Reports
December 11 (Half Day): WIDA MODEL Online Test Administrators
1. Do LEAs have to screen students arriving from another WIDA state and have previous WIDA ACCESS scores?
Yes, students need to be screened in order to qualify for EL services in Utah.
2. If a student lived in Utah, moved out of state, then returned to a Utah school, do they need to be screened?
Yes, if it has been more than 2 years.
No, if it has less than 2 years.
3. If a student arrives in Utah from another WIDA state and reached a 5.0 or higher on their ACCESS test, do they need to be screened?
Yes, to ensure they do or do not need EL services in Utah.
4. What Screener grade band should be used?
Please see the Online Screener TAM pages 15-16 for guidance.
ACCESS for ELLs Year in Review October 2017-October 2018
WIDA Assessment Management System (AMS)
Data Recognition Corporation (DRC)
WIDA:
WIDA's scoring and materials handling contractor. All ACCESS testing materials are ordered through DRC, and all testing materials are subsequently returned to DRC for scoring.
WIDA Permissions:
WIDA DRC/AMS Permissions:
District Testing Coordinator Permissions: