Utah Admin. Code R277-404-2 - Definitions
(1) "Benchmark reading assessment" means the
same as the term is defined in Section
R277-406-2.
(2) "Benchmark mathematics assessment" means
the same as the term is defined in Section
R277-406-2.
(3) "College readiness assessment" means the:
(a) same as that term is described in Section
53E-4-305; and
(b) the ACT.
(4) "English Learner" or "EL student" means a
student who is learning in English as a second language.
(5) "English language proficiency assessment"
means the WIDA Assessing Comprehension in English State-to-State (ACCESS),
which is designed to measure the acquisition of the academic English language
for an English Learner student.
(6)
"Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974" or "FERPA,"20 U.S.C.
1232g, means a federal law designed to
protect the privacy of students' education records.
(7) "High school assessment":
(a) means the same as that term is described
in Section
53E-4-304;
(b) means the "Utah Aspire Plus";
and
(c) includes the Utah Aspire
Plus assessment of proficiency in:
(i)
math;
(ii) science; and
(iii) reading.
(8) "National Assessment of
Education Progress" or "NAEP" means the national achievement assessment
administered by the United States Department of Education to measure and track
student academic progress.
(9)
"Statewide assessment" means an assessment described in Subsection
53G-6-803(9)(a).
(10) "Standards Assessment":
(a) means the same as that term is described
in Subsection
53E-4-303(2)(a);
(b) means the "Readiness Improvement Success
Empowerment" or "RISE"; and
(c) for
each school year, includes one writing prompt from the writing portion of the
RISE English language arts assessment for grades 5 and 8.
(11) "Statewide assessment" means the:
(a) the same as that term is defined in
Subsection
53E-4-301(2);
(b) Utah alternate assessment; and
(c) English language proficiency
assessment.
(12)
"Section 504 accommodation plan" means a plan:
(a) required by Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and
(b)
designed to accommodate an individual who has been determined, as a result of
an evaluation, to have a physical or mental impairment that substantially
limits one or more major life activities.
(13)
(a)
"Utah alternate assessment" means an assessment instrument:
(i) for a student in special education with a
disability so severe the student is not able to participate in a statewide
assessment even with an assessment accommodation or modification; and
(ii) that measures progress on the Utah core
instructional goals and objectives in the student's IEP.
(b) "Utah alternate assessment" means, for
English language arts, science and mathematics, the Dynamic Learning Maps
(DLM).
(14) "Utah
eTranscript and Record Exchange" or "UTREx" means a system that allows:
(a) an LEA and the Superintendent to
electronically exchange an individual detailed student record; and
(b) electronic transcripts to be sent to any
post-secondary institution, private or public, in-state or out-of-state, that
participates in the e-transcript service.
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