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Under Utah's Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the Utah State Board of Education is required to identify two categories of schools:
State School Turnaround is a school improvement program funded by the State Legislature. See tab in this section.
Utah School Improvement Programs State Identified Elevate and Springboard Schools
Utah System of Support for School Improvement
For anyone who needs information related to Priority Schools and Focus Schools under previous legislation, please contact us for information.
Comprehensive Support and Improvement Identified Schools
2018-2019 | 2017-2018
Utah State Board of Education Assessment and Accountability
2018 Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) School List
2018 Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) Student Scores
Targeted Support and Improvement Identification
Targeted Support and Improvement Identification Training
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Utah State Board of Education Data Gateway
2018-2019 | 2017-2018
Utah State Board of Education Assessment and Accountability
The School Turnaround and Leadership Development Act is a State Initiative that identifies low performing schools as being in the bottom 3% of schools statewide for two consecutive years regardless of Title I status. More information is available at the link below.
Competitive School Improvement Grants, authorized under section 1003(g) of Title I of the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, as amended by No Child Left Behind (NCLB), are grants to State Educational Agencies (SEAs) that SEAs use to make competitive subgrants to Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) that demonstrate the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to use the funds to provide adequate resources in order to raise substantially the achievement of students in their lowest-performing schools.
Application for Fiscal Year 2014 New Awards Competition
Application for Fiscal Year 2014 New Awards Competition: Utah Local Education Agency Application
Utah School Improvement Grant (SIG) Schools Cohorts
Granite School District
Tooele County School District
San Juan District
Granite School District
Salt Lake District
San Juan School District
San Juan School District
Davis School District
Ogden School District
Salt Lake School District
San Juan School District
Tooele School District
Uintah School District
Granite School District
Ogden School District
Dee Elementary/James Madison Elementary/Odyssey Elementary
Salt Lake District
Glendale Middle/Northwest Middle
San Juan District
Under Utah's Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Flexibility Waiver, Utah was to identify its Title I Reward Schools. The Utah State Board of Education reviewed the State Federal Accountability Reporting System (SFAR) scores to identify those Title I schools that achieved the highest levels of student proficiency and those that achieved high levels of student growth. Title I Reward Schools are performing in the top 15% of Title I Schools in the state. Utah State Board of Education recognized 48 Title I schools for their outstanding performance.
School Improvement Grants
United States Department of Education
Tracy Vandeventer
Director of the Center for Continuous School Improvement
Phone: (801) 538-7590 | E-mail
Susie Estrada
Family and Community Engagement Specialist
Phone: (385) 295-7891 | E-mail
Dr. Gregory Firn
School Improvement Educational Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7846 | E-mail