Utah Admin. Code R277-406-4 - Benchmark Reading and Mathematics Assessments
(1) Subject to legislative appropriations,
and except as provided in Subsection (2), an LEA shall administer the benchmark
reading and mathematics assessments:
(a)
annually:
(i) in grade 1, grade 2, and grade
3; and
(ii) beginning with the
2024-25 school year, in kindergarten; and
(b) within the following testing windows:
(i) the first benchmark between the first day
of school and September 30;
(ii)
the second benchmark between December 1 and January 31; and
(iii) the third benchmark between April 15
and June 15.
(2) An LEA shall annually report benchmark
reading and mathematics assessment results to the Superintendent by:
(a) October 30;
(b) February 28; and
(c) June 30.
(3) If the benchmark reading or mathematics
assessment indicates a student is scoring below or well below benchmark:
(a) for reading, the LEA shall implement the
parental notification requirements and evidence-based reading remediation
interventions described in Section
53E-4-307;
(b) for mathematics, the LEA shall implement
parental notification requirements similar to those described for reading in
Subsection (4)(a) and evidence-based mathematics remediation
interventions.
(4) An LEA
shall report benchmark reading and mathematics assessment results annually to
parents of students in grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3 by:
(a) October 30;
(b) February 28; and
(c) June 30.
(5) An LEA shall report benchmark reading and
mathematics assessment results annually to parents of students in kindergarten
by the deadlines described in Subsection (4).
(6) An LEA shall annually submit to UTREx the
following information from the benchmark reading and mathematics assessment:
(a) whether or not each student received
remediation intervention; and
(b)
UTREx Special Codes related to the benchmark reading and mathematics
assessment.
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