Utah Admin. Code R277-700-2 - Definitions
For purposes of this rule:
(1)
(a)
"Applied course" means a public school course or class that applies the
concepts of a Core subject.
(b)
"Applied course" includes a course offered through Career and Technical
Education or through other areas of the curriculum.
(2) "Arts" means the visual arts, music,
dance, theatre, and media arts.
(3)
"Assessment" means a summative assessment for:
(a) English language arts grades 3 through
10;
(b) mathematics grades 3
through 10, and Secondary I, II, and III; or
(c) science grades 4 through 10.
(4) "Career and Technical
Education (CTE)" means an organized educational program in secondary schools
(grades 6-12) or courses, which teach current industry-specific skills and
knowledge that prepares students for employment, and for additional
postsecondary preparation leading to employment.
(5) "Core Standard" means a statement of what
a student enrolled in a public school is expected to know and be able to do at
a specific grade level or following completion of an identified
course.
(6) "Core subject" means a
course for which there is a declared set of Core Standards as approved by the
Board.
(7) "Elementary school" for
purposes of this rule means a school that serves grades K-6 in whatever kind of
school the grade levels exist.
(8)
"General Core" means the courses, content, instructional elements, materials,
resources and pedagogy that are used to teach the Core Standards, including the
ideas, knowledge, practice and skills that support the Core
Standards.
(9) "High school" for
purposes of this rule means a school that serves grades 9-12 in whatever kind
of school the grade levels exist.
(10) "LEA" or "local education agency"
includes the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.
(11) "Middle school" for purposes of this
rule means a school that serves grades 7-8 in whatever kind of school the grade
levels exist.
(12) "Junior High
school" means a school that serves grades 7-9 in whatever kind of school the
grade levels exist.
(13)
"Proficiency in keyboarding" means a student's ability to key by
touch.
(14) "Summative adaptive
assessment" means an assessment that:
(a) is
administered upon completion of instruction to assess a student's
achievement;
(b) is administered
online under the direct supervision of a licensed educator;
(c) is designed to identify student
achievement on the Core Standards for the respective grade and course;
and
(d) measures the full range of
student ability by adapting to each student's responses, selecting more
difficult questions when a student answers correctly and less difficult
questions when a student answers incorrectly.
Notes
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