53A-3-602.5. School performance report -- Components -- Annual filing.
(1) The State Board of Education in collaboration with the state's school districts and
charter schools shall develop a school performance report to inform the state's residents of the
quality of schools and the educational achievement of students in the state's public education
system.
(2) The report shall be written and include the following statistical data for each school
in each school district and each charter school, as applicable, and shall also aggregate the data at
the district and state level:
(a) except as provided in Subsection (2)(a)(ii), test scores over the previous year on:
(i) norm-referenced achievement tests;
(ii) criterion-referenced tests to include the scores aggregated for all students:
(A) by grade level or course for the previous two years and an indication of whether there
was a sufficient magnitude of gain in the scores between the two years; and
(B) by class;
(iii) online writing assessments required under Section 53A-1-603; and
(iv) tenth grade basic skills competency tests required under Section 53A-1-603;
(b) college entrance examinations data, including the number and percentage of each
graduating class taking the examinations for the previous four years;
(c) advanced placement and concurrent enrollment data, including:
(i) the number of students taking advanced placement and concurrent enrollment courses;
(ii) the number and percent of students taking a specific advanced placement course who
take advanced placement tests to receive college credit for the course;
(iii) of those students taking the test referred to in Subsection (2)(c)(ii), the number and
percent who pass the test; and
(iv) of those students taking a concurrent enrollment course, the number and percent of
those who receive college credit for the course;
(d) the number and percent of students in grade 3 reading at or above grade level;
(e) the number and percent of students who were absent from school ten days or more
during the school year;
(f) achievement gaps that reflect the differences in achievement of various student groups
as defined by State Board of Education rule;
(g) the number and percent of "student dropouts" within the district as defined by State
Board of Education rule;
(h) course-taking patterns and trends in secondary schools;
(i) student mobility;
(j) staff qualifications, to include years of professional service and the number and
percent of staff who have a degree or endorsement in their assigned teaching area and the number
and percent of staff who have a graduate degree;
(k) the number and percent of parents who participate in SEP, SEOP, and parent-teacher
conferences;
(l) average class size by grade level and subject;
(m) average daily attendance as defined by State Board of Education rule, including
every period in secondary schools; and
(n) enrollment totals disaggregated with respect to race, ethnicity, gender, limited
English proficiency, and those students who qualify for free or reduced price school lunch.
(3) The State Board of Education, in collaboration with the state's school districts and
charter schools, shall provide for the collection and electronic reporting of the following data for
each school in each school district and each charter school:
(a) test scores and trends over the previous four years on the tests referred to in
Subsection (2)(a);
(b) the average grade given in each math, science, and English course in grades 9 through
12 for which criteria-referenced tests are required under Section 53A-1-603;
(c) incidents of student discipline as defined by State Board of Education rule, including
suspensions, expulsions, and court referrals; and
(d) the number and percent of students receiving fee waivers and the total dollar amount
of fees waived.
(4) (a) (i) The State Board of Education shall adopt common definitions and data
collection procedures for local school boards and charter schools to use in collecting and
forwarding the data required under Subsections (2) and (3) to the state superintendent of public
instruction.
(ii) Average class size by grade and subject shall be calculated for the purposes of
Subsection (2)(l) in accordance with the following:
(A) for kindergarten through grade six, average class size by grade shall be calculated by
dividing grade membership on October 1 by the number of classes in the corresponding grade;
and
(B) for grades seven through twelve, average class size shall be calculated for core
language arts, mathematics, and science courses by dividing membership on October 1 in core
language arts, mathematics, or science course classes by the number of classes for the
corresponding course.
(b) The state board, through the state superintendent of public instruction, shall adopt
standard reporting forms and provide a common template for collecting and reporting the data,
which shall be used by all school districts and charter schools.
(c) The state superintendent shall use the automated decision support system referred to
in Section 53A-1-301 to collect and report the data required under Subsections (2) and (3).
(5) The state board, through the state superintendent of public instruction, shall issue its
report annually by October 1 to include the required data from the previous school year or years
as indicated in Subsections (2) and (3).
(6) (a) Each local school board and each charter school shall receive a written or an
electronic copy of the report from the state superintendent of public instruction containing the
data for that school district or charter school in a clear summary format and have it distributed,
on a one per household basis, to the residence of students enrolled in the school district before
November 30th of each year.
(b) Each local school board, each charter school, and the state board shall have a
complete report of the statewide data available for copying or in an electronic format at their
respective offices.
Amended by Chapter 299, 2009 General Session
Amended by Chapter 300, 2009 General Session
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