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 October 26 to December 11, 2020.
Language Testing International (LTI):
R277-406: Early Learning Program and Benchmark Assessments
Utah State Board of Education Administrative Rules
Title 53E-4-307.5: Mathematics Benchmark Assessment
Utah State Legislature
The Testing Window and Data Entry Window are the same for both Acadience Reading and Acadience Mathematics.
Beginning of School Year - September 30, 2021
December 1, 2021 - January 31, 2022
April 15, 2022 - June 15,2022
Data Entry by October 30, 2021
Data Entry by February 28, 2022
Data Entry by June 30, 2022
Formerly Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS).
Acadience Reading K–6
Acadience Reading Benchmark Goals and Composite Score
Acadience Learning
MOY Data Analysis Session 2
YouTube
Special Education: Assessment
Utah State Board of Education (USBE) Special Education
Utah School Report Card: Early Literacy
Utah State Board of Education Reading on Grade Level Targets for Acadience Reading K-6
Acadience Reading
YouTube
Enroll in Acadience Reading MOY Composite and Pathways
Enroll in Acadience Reading MOY Small Groups and Progress Monitoring (PM)
Acadience Math K–6
Acadience Learning
Sample Parent Notification Letter for BOY
Sample Parent Notification Letter for MOY/EOY
Sample Parent Notification Letter for Opt Out
Enroll in Acadience Math Training
USBE Canvas
Window 1
March 8-10 and March 15-17, 2022
Window 2
March 22-24 and March 29-31, 2022
Window 3
April 5-7 and April 12-14, 2022
Window 1
March 8-11 and 14-18, 2022
Window 2
March 22-25, March 28-31 and April 1, 2022
Window 3
April 5-8 and April 11-15, 2022
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 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 Stephanie Weiss at theo@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 Scott Roskelley at scott.roskelley@schools.utah.gov and Kim Rathke at kim.rathke@schools.utah.gov.
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:
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
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:
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
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: 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.
The Utah Aspire Plus assessment window will be open from March 7, 2022 - May 13, 2022.
ACT College and Career Readiness Standards
Development and Scoring Guide: Understanding Your Data
Periodic Table of the Elements
Utah Aspire Act Plus | Spanish
Testing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Utah Aspire Plus Understanding Your Data
Utah Aspire Plus Score Interpretation Guide for Educators
Utah Aspire Plus Score Interpretation Guide for Parents
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
Utah Aspire Plus Trainings
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:
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 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 6, 2022 through March 11, 2022 (Extended by one week)
Register through Massively Integrated Data Analytics System (MIDAS) using Course Number 60491.
The following trainings will be available in a hybrid or virtual setting:
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: