The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) has contracted with Language Testing International (LTI) to provide the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)/AAPPL assessment to schools participating in the Utah State Board of Education Dual Language Immersion program.
Testing and Reporting Window information for AAPPL is broken down in the 2022-2023 Assessment Director Resource Guide.
AAPPL Central for Utah Dual Language Immersion (DLI) Users
AAPPL Account Resources
ACTFL Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages® (AAPPL)
Language Testing International (LTI)
R277-406: Early Learning Program and Benchmark Assessments
Utah State Board of Education (USBE) Administrative Rules
Title 53E-4-307.5: Mathematics Benchmark Assessment
Utah State Legislature
Testing and Reporting Window information for the Acadience Assessment is broken down in the 2022-2023 Assessment Director Resource Guide.
Formerly Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS).
Acadience Reading K–6
Acadience Learning
Middle of Year (MOY) Data Analysis Session 2
YouTube
Special Education Accessibility, Accommodations, and Assessment
USBE Special Education Services
USBE ‘Reading on Grade Level’ Targets for Acadience Reading K-6
Utah School Report Card Early - Literacy
Enroll in Acadience Reading Middle of Year (MOY) Composite and Pathways
USBE Canvas
Enroll in Acadience Reading Middle of Year (MOY) Small Groups and Progress Monitoring (PM)
USBE Canvas
Acadience Math K–6
Acadience Learning
Sample Parent Notification Letter for Beginning of Year (BOY)
Sample Parent Notification Letter for Middle of Year (MOY)/End of Year (EOY)
Sample Parent Notification Letter for Opt Out
Enroll in Acadience Math Training 2022-2023
USBE Canvas
Enroll in Using Results from Acadience Math Assessment
USBE Canvas
Testing and Reporting Window information for the ACT is broken down in the 2022-2023 Assessment Director Resource Guide.
Please go to the ACT Registration Information for national test information.
State of Utah ACT State Testing
This website is created and maintained by ACT for Utah regarding the statewide ACT test administration of Grade 11 students.
ACT Accommodations and Supports Information
ACT Connections: Utah Core Standards and ACT Subtests
ACT Guidance for English Language Learner Accommodations
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)
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 Autumn Ackerman at autumn@shmoop.com, West Coast Accounts Manager.
American Civics Education Initiative
Utah Education Network (UEN)
Special Education Rules and Policies
Utah State Board of Education Special Education Services
Robert Austin
Humanities Coordinator
International Initiatives, Social Studies (K-12)
Phone: (801) 538-7575 | E-mail
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:
R277-489: Kindergarten Entry and Exit Assessment. Enhanced Kindergarten Program
Utah State Board of Education Administrative Rules
Utah's KEEP: Student Materials
Utah's KEEP Entry: Test Administration Manual
Utah KEEP Data Entry: Getting Started
Utah's KEEP: Student Materials
Utah's KEEP Exit: Test Administration Manual
KEEP Exit Additional Guidance Questions 7 and 13 Scoring
KEEP Alternate Assessment Literacy and Numeracy Rubric
KEEP Trainings
YouTube
Teresa McEntire
Elementary English Language Arts Assessment Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7542 | E-mail
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
2022 Mathematics State Snapshot Report: Utah Grade 4
2022 Mathematics State Snapshot Report: Utah Grade 8
2022 Reading State Snapshot Report: Utah Grade 4
2022 Reading State Snapshot Report: Utah Grade 8
Selecting Schools for Participation in State-Level NAEP
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:
Title 53E-4-314: School Readiness Assessment
Utah State Legislature
Utah's PEEP Entry: Student Materials
Utah's PEEP Entry: Test Administration Manual
Scoring Guidance for PEEP Question #5: Handwriting
Utah's PEEP Exit: Student Materials
Utah's PEEP Exit: Test Administration Manual
PEEP Administrator Data Gateway Guidance
PEEP Trainings
YouTube
Teresa McEntire
Elementary English Language Arts Assessment Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7542 | E-mail
The RISE assessment is a 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.
ELA
Mathematics
Science
Writing
3-8
3-8
4-8
5 and 8
Testing Window information for the RISE Assessment is broken down in the Assessment Director Resource Guide.
2022-2023 Assessment Director Resource Guide
RISE Trainings
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:
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.
Testing Window information for the Utah Aspire Plus Assessment is broken down in the 2022-2023 Assessment Director Resource Guide.
Tests cannot be divided into sections. Each test must be completed in one sitting, unless a student has an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or 504 accommodation for stop-the-clock breaks or for securely extending the test over multiple days.
Grade 9 and Grade 10
50 Operational and 9-10 Field Test Items
45 Minutes
Grade 9 and Grade 10
40 Operational and 5 Field Test Items
75 Minutes
Grade 9 and Grade 10
35 Operational and 10 Field Test Items
75 Minutes
Grade 9 and Grade
36 Operational and 4 Field Test Items
60 Minutes
Access blueprints, reporting guides, sample reports and other reporting resources.
Additional Reporting Resources
Pearson Education, Utah Aspire Plus
ACT College and Career Readiness Standards
Utah Aspire Plus Trainings
YouTube
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:
Utah Core Standards Benchmark
YouTube
How do I Administer the Utah Core Standards HS Benchmarks Remotely?
If you have any questions, please contact Aliese Fry at aliese.fry@schools.utah.gov or Kim Rathke at kim.rathke@schools.utah.gov.
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 WIDA Screener for Kindergarten and WIDA Screener Online (Grades 1-12) identify English Learners (ELs). ACCESS for English Language Learners (ELLs) 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 for ELLs Online 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 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 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 Summative Assessment. ACCESS 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 Accessibility, Accommodations, and 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 and state 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 1-4.9 on Screener for grades K-12.
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 WIDA Screener for Kindergarten.
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.
Screener: Available all year
ACCESS Testing Window: January 5, 2023 through March 3, 2023
Register through Massively Integrated Data Analytics System (MIDAS) using Course Number 61341. All times are Mountain Standard Time (MST).
The following trainings will be available in person or in a virtual setting:
WIDA Screener for Kindergarten
MIDAS Course 61341-1 (Virtual Webinar)
Date: September 7, 2022 | Time: 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.
WIDA Screener Online
MIDAS Course 61341-2 (Virtual Webinar)
Date: September 6, 2022 | Time: 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Scaffolding Learning through Language In-person Workshop
MIDAS Course 61341-3 (Full Day Workshop)
Date: October 11-12, 2022 | Location: To be determined
ACCESS for ELLs Online Test Administrator with Coordinator Supports Training
MIDAS Course 61341-4 (Virtual Webinar)
Date: December 13, 2022 | Time: 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Alternate ACCESS for ELLs Test Administrator Training
MIDAS Course 61341-5 (Virtual Webinar)
Date: December 14, 2022 | Time: 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Kindergarten ACCESS for ELLs Test Administrator
MIDAS Course 61341-6 (Virtual Webinar)
Date: December 15, 2022 | Time: 3:30 p.m. - 5 p.m.
ACCESS for ELLs Year in Review October 2017 to October 2018
Utah English Language Learner Identification and Placement Guidance Document 2021-2022
Data Recognition Corporation (DRC) - 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 Assessment Management System (AMS)
WIDA Secure Portal Permissions:
WIDA DRC/AMS Permissions:
District Testing Coordinator Permissions: