53A-1-602. Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) (a) "Achievement test" means a standardized test which measures or attempts to
measure the level of performance which a student has attained in one or more courses of study.
(b) "Achievement test" includes a norm-referenced or criterion-referenced test.
(2) "Basic skills course" means a subject which requires mastery of specific functions, as
defined under rules made by the State Board of Education, to include reading, language arts,
mathematics through intermediate algebra, science, in grades 4 through 12, and effectiveness of
written expression.
(3) "Utah Performance Assessment System for Students" or "U-PASS" means:
(a) systematic norm-referenced achievement testing of all students in grades 3, 5, and 8
required by this part in all schools within each school district by means of tests designated by the
State Board of Education;
(b) criterion-referenced achievement testing of students in grades 2 through 12 in basic
skills courses;
(c) an online writing assessment in grades 5 and 8;
(d) a tenth grade basic skills competency test as detailed in Section 53A-1-611;
(e) the use of student behavior indicators in assessing student performance; and
(f) beginning with the 2007-08 school year, testing of students in grade 3 to measure
reading grade level.
Amended by Chapter 300, 2009 General Session
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