February 20-22, 26-28, 2019
Testing window
February 20-22, 26-28, 2019
Accommodated testing window
February 20, 2019
Initial test date
February 20-22, 25-28, March 1, 4-6, 2019
Accommodated test dates
March 12, 2019
Makeup test date
March 12-15, 18, 2019
Accommodated makeup test date
April 2, 2019
Emergency test date
April 2-5, 8, 2019
Accommodated emergency test date
Smooth Sailing on ACT Administration Day
YouTube
December 12, 2017
Preparing Students for the ACT Through Core Instruction
January 10, 2018
Smooth Sailing on the ACT Administration Day
October 30, 2018, 9-11 a.m.
Preparing Students for the ACT Through Core Instruction
Utah State Board of Education (USBE) Basement West or WebEx, MIDAS #41476
November 8, 2018, 3-4 p.m.
ACT Question and Answer Webinar, Information about webinar will be sent to ACT testing coordinators directly from ACT. Follow the webinar instructions that will be sent from ACT to join the webinar.
November 15, 2018
ACT Accommodations Question and Answer Webinar, Information about webinar will be sent to ACT testing coordinators directly from ACT. Follow the webinar instructions that will be sent from ACT to join the webinar.
December 13, 2018, 1-3 p.m.
USBE/ACT Training, ACT Online Administration Workshop
USBE Basement West or WebEx, MIDAS #41476
January 17, 2019 1-3 p.m.
ACT In-person Test Administration Training
USBE Basement West or WebEx
ACT Connections: Utah Core State Standards and ACT Subtests
ACT 2017-2018 Allowable Accessibility Supports: State and District Testing
ACT Accommodations and Supports Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
ACT New Testing Administrator FAQs
Home Schooled Students and the ACT FAQ
Olympus High School English Learner (EL) Accommodations Plan
ACT State Testing: Utah
This website is created and maintained by ACT for Utah regarding the statewide ACT test administration of Grade 11 students.
Have questions about Shmoop? Need help with your account? Want to set up customized training for your school or Local Education Agency (LEA)? Contact Stephanie Weiss at stephanie.weiss@shmoop.com, West Coast Accounts Manager.
Shmoop: ACT and Plan Test Prep Tool
This webpage has information regarding the online ACT prep tool provided by Shmoop for students and educators. Every high school student, teacher, counselor, and administrator in Utah now has free, unlimited, and secure access to the Shmoop ACT Prep Tool.
If you have any questions please contact Rebecca Peterson at rebecca.peterson@schools.utah.gov, College and Career Readiness Specialist at (801) 538-7694.
Utah State Board of Education (USBE) has contracted with Language Testing International (LTI) to provide the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) AAPPL assessment to schools participating in USBE's Dual Language Immersion program.
Testing Window
October 17 - November 4, 2017
If you have any questions, please contact Karl Bowman at karl.bowman@schools.utah.gov, World Languages and Dual Immersion Specialist at (801) 538-7743.
American Civics Education Initiative
Utah Education Network (UEN)
Special Education Laws, State Rules and Regulations
Utah State Board of Education (USBE) Special Education
If you have any questions, please contact Robert Austin at robert.austin@schools.utah.gov, Education Specialist at (801) 538-7575.
Dynamic Measurement Group, Inc.:
Resources:
If you have any questions, please contact Liz Williams at liz.williams@schools.utah.gov, Assessment Development Coordinator at (801) 538-7542.
The NAEP, also known as "the Nation's Report Card," is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas.
Measure Up Newsletter
2018 Winter
Assessment news for teachers.
2017 The Nation's Report Card
Utah Public Schools for Mathematics:
Utah Public Schools for Reading:
Utah Public Schools for Science:
Resources
2019 NAEP Facts for Principals:
NAEP Overview:
Institute of Education Sciences (IES):
Angela Battaglia
Education Specialist
Phone: (801) 538-7814 | E-mail
Utah’s Kindergarten Entry and Exit Profile (KEEP) is intended to inform various stakeholders, such as parents, teachers, and leadership, on the academic and social-emotional development of entering and exiting kindergarten students. The information gained from the profile will be used to:
KEEP Entry
Utah's KEEP: Student Materials
If you need this information in an accessible format, please contact the department directly.
Utah's KEEP: Test Administration Manual
If you need this information in an accessible format, please contact the department directly.
Utah KEEP Data Entry: Getting Started
YouTube:
KEEP Exit
YouTube:
If you have any questions, please contact Liz Williams at liz.williams@schools.utah.gov, Education Specialist, at (801) 538-7542.
The RISE assessment is a multistage computer adaptive criterion referenced assessment system that includes summative tests for English Language Arts (ELAs), Mathematics, Science, and Writing. The summative tests are scheduled to be delivered to the following grades.
Summative Test
ELA
Mathematics
Science
Writing
Grades
3-8
3-8
4-8
5 and 8
Press Release
Utah Selects New Statewide School Testing Provider
Utah State Board of Education (USBE) Public Relations
Resources
RISE Testing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Training
Introducing RISE (Readiness, Improvement, Success, Empowerment)
YouTube
The Utah Aspire Plus is a hybrid of America College Test (ACT) Aspire and Utah Core test items. This is a computer delivered, fixed form high school assessment for students in grades 9 and 10. The test will include subtests for Reading, English, Math, and Science. The tests will provide students a predictive score for the ACT, which is taken by all Utah 11th grade students and is the most commonly submitted college readiness assessment for local universities.
Press Release
New Statewide Test Providers Selected for Utah Students
Utah State Board of Education (USBE) Public Relations
Resources
Testing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Training
June 2018 Pearson Presentation
YouTube
Additional information related to Utah Aspire Plus, including student, parent, and teacher resources will be added to this page as they become available.
Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State (ACCESS)
Utah is a member state of the WIDA Consortium. WIDA advances academic language development and academic achievement for children and youth who are culturally and linguistically diverse through high quality WIDA English Language Development (ELD) Standards, assessments, research, and professional learning for educators.
Utah uses Kindergarten WIDA-ACCESS Placement Test (W-APT) and WIDA Screener Online (Grades 1-12) to identify English Learners (ELs). ACCESS for English Language Learners (ELLs) 2.0 is given to all EL students during the annual testing window to measure proficiency and growth toward academic language proficiency in English.
All who administer WIDA assessments must be certified. To become certified to administer and score Utah WIDA assessments, test administrators must annually complete the WIDA online training course for the appropriate assessment and grade span and score 80% or higher on the end-of-module quiz.
ACCESS 2.0 Testing Requirements
ACCESS 2.0 is Utah’s online summative assessment of EL students. It is developed and maintained by WIDA.
This assessment is administered for a number of purposes:
All EL students must be tested annually using the ACCESS 2.0 assessment. When students earn a Proficiency Level of 5.0 or higher, they are considered fluent in English. Students are then re-designated to monitoring status for four years. Students are not required to take the ACCESS 2.0 assessment during these four years of monitoring. The Local Education Agency (LEA) may use appropriate data, evaluation, and team-based problem solving to consider reclassifying the student as EL if, while in monitoring status, the student demonstrates consistent and continued need for increased language support services.
For students in grades 1 through 12, LEAs are required to give WIDA ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 Summative Assessment. ACCESS 2.0 Paper is allowable for students with specific needs (e.g. students with disabilities; recently arrived English Learners, such as immigrant and refugee students).
Students with significant cognitive disabilities who take Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM)/Utah Alternate Assessment (UAA), Utah State Board of Education (USBE) Special Education Assessment, are eligible for WIDA Alternate ACCESS for ELLs.
Students in Kindergarten are administered WIDA Kindergarten ACCESS for ELLs.
Screener Testing Requirements
LEAs are required to administer a WIDA Screener to newly enrolled students who indicate on the home language survey that they speak any language other than English. Screener is available to LEAs all year; however, federal law requires that students must be administered Screener within 30 days of enrollment within the first month of school, and within 10 days of enrollment thereafter. Screener should only be administered once during a student’s enrollment in Utah schools.
Students are eligible for EL services if they earn a score of 1-4 on Screener for grades 1-12, or a score of 1-29 on W-APT for Kindergarten students.
For students in grades 1 through 12, LEAs are required to give WIDA Screener Online. WIDA Screener Paper is allowable for students with specific needs (e.g. students with disabilities; recently arrived English Learners, such as immigrant and refugee students). Both Screener online and Screener Paper are provided by USBE at no cost to LEAs.
Students in Kindergarten are given the W-APT.
WIDA Measure of Developing English Language (MODEL) is also an acceptable tool for screening for grades K-12 that can be purchased by the LEA.
2018-2019 Dates
ACCESS Testing Window: January 7 through March 8
Professional Development and Training: Information coming soon.
Resources
WIDA Assessment Management System (AMS)
Data Recognition Corporation (DRC)
WIDA:
WIDA’s scoring and materials handling contractor. All ACCESS testing materials are ordered through DRC, and all testing materials are subsequently returned to DRC for scoring.
To request WIDA or DRC Accounts
WIDA Permissions:
WIDA DRC/AMS Permissions:
District Testing Coordinator Permissions:
SAGE Testing and Data Reporting
2015-2016 SAGE Summative Tests Parental Exclusion Report
SAGE Supported Operating Systems for the 2017-2018 School Year
American Institutes of Research (AIR)
The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) has a signed contract with AIR for the development, administration and reporting of the SAGE Assessment System. This contract includes multiple documents:
December 21, 2012
September 30, 2012
August 20, 2012
Resolutions:
Technology Funding 2013: HB 2 Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) Preliminary Disbursement Projections:
Technology Standards 2012:
The purpose of the ELAs and Literacy SAGE is to measure student understanding of the Utah State Standards for ELAs and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects. This is only one measure of student understanding in a standardized manner. It should be interpreted accordingly.
The test is composed of a set of questions and writing prompts which require students to demonstrate their skills and knowledge of core concepts in several ways. The ELAs and Literacy Core Curriculum consists of content area standards in Reading Informational and Literary Text, Writing, Speaking, Listening, and Language. Data available related to this test includes how the group of students performed in each of the subcategories of the curriculum (standards, Depth of Knowledge (DOK), etc.), student proficiency levels, and percent of students in each proficiency level.
The combination of this data may be used to evaluate and make program decisions for students within a grade level as a group or ELAs programs at the school, LEA, and state level. The information may then be used as a piece of evidence in determining priorities for program and instructional emphasis and refinement.
Adaptive Testing Item Selection Criteria
Proficiency Level Descriptors (PLDs), Writing Samples, Blueprints and other resources are available upon request. Please contact the Assessment Department (801) 538-7600.
SAGE Writing Rubric Criteria:
Essay samples for grades 7-11 are available upon request.
The purpose of the Mathematics SAGE is to measure student understanding of the Utah Core Standards for Mathematics. Students take the Mathematics SAGE in grades 3-8 and the Secondary I, II, and III courses. The SAGE is only one measure of student understanding in a standardized manner. It should be interpreted accordingly.
The assessment is composed of a set of test items which require students to demonstrate their skills and knowledge of core concepts in a variety of ways. Data available related to this assessment include how the group of students performed in each of the subcategories of the curriculum (standards, DOK, etc.), student proficiency levels, and percent of students in each proficiency level. The combination of these data may be used to evaluate and make program decisions for students within a grade level, as a group or at the school, LEA, and state levels. The information may then be used as a piece of evidence in determining priorities for program and instructional emphasis and refinement.
Policy:
Proficiency Level Descriptors (PLDs) are available upon request.
Utah SAGE Mathematics Blueprints are available upon request.
The purpose of the Science SAGE is to measure student understanding of the Utah State Standards for Science. This is only one measure of student understanding in a standardized manner. It should be interpreted accordingly.
The test is composed of a set of questions and simulations which require students to demonstrate their skills and knowledge of core concepts in several ways. Data available related to this test include how the group of students performed in each of the subcategories of the curriculum (standards, DOk, etc.), student proficiency levels, and percent of students in each proficiency level.
The combination of these data may be used to evaluate and make program decisions for students within a grade level as a group or at the school, LEA, and state levels. The information may then be used as a piece of evidence in determining priorities for program and instructional emphasis and refinement.
Chemistry: Periodic Table of the Elements
SAGE Science Calculator Policy
PLDs:
Utah SAGE Science Blueprints are available upon request.