Accountability

Accountability Resources

The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) makes annual accountability determinations for schools based on student academic outcomes and growth. As a state, we are also committed to using fair accountability models to accurately differentiate the performance of schools.

Refer to the 2026-2027 Utah Accountability Technical Manual for detailed information on the indicators of school accountability, method for calculation, and business rules for Utah's School Accountability System.

School Accountability Exemption Request Form 

Utah Median Growth Percentiles Infographic 

Utah Student Growth Percentiles Infographic

Student Growth Percentiles (SGP) 
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Student Growth Target (SGT) Explainer
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Schools Identified under the Utah State Legislature Title 53E-5-3: School Turnaround and Leadership Development.

Title 53E-4-311: Analysis of Results.Staff Professional Development
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Utah State Board of Education Resolution Number 2016-XX: Resolution Establishing the Assessment and Accountability Policy Advisory Committee

Utah Academic Recovery Report - 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic brought significant disruptions to education across the United States, critically impacting student learning. This period witnessed an unprecedented decline in educational attainment, both in Utah and nationwide. This study is designed to provide Utah’s educational stakeholders with actionable insights into the pandemic’s academic repercussions and recovery. It aims to offer a deeper understanding of student performance during this period by identifying the specific groups of students affected, the content areas where the impact was most significant, and the magnitude of its impact as well as the recovery from those impacts. This study provides a detailed analysis of the academic impact and recovery patterns in Utah, utilizing data from the Readiness Improvement Success Empowerment (RISE), and Utah Aspire Plus (UA+) assessments. Growth analyses for the 2022-2023 period in Utah assessed whether learning rates in the education system have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, a crucial factor for recovering from the pandemic-induced educational losses. 

Utah Academic Recovery Report 2023

Next Generation School Accountability

In the Summer of 2021, the Utah State Board of Education engaged in work to consider changes to the school accountability system. The result of this work is contained in the Utah School Accountability Redesign report and offers recommendations for the redesign of Utah’s School Accountability System. The overarching goal of this work is to create a school accountability system that is more aligned with Personalized, Competency-Based Learning practices and Utah’s Portrait of a Graduate competencies while maintaining an easy to compare, simple, and transparent school accountability system. Included in this work is a consideration of an accountability system that is balanced and holistic to the nature of learning, drives improvements and stimulates local accountability efforts.

Next Generation School Accountability in Utah: A Report of the Utah Accountability Redesign Advisory Committee to the Utah State Board of Education