166304MA

Data Recipient(s)

Utah State Board of Education
University of Wisconsin's Madison Center for Educational Research (WCER)

Start and End Dates

Original starting date: 08/01/2015

Current end date: 06/30/2020

Agreement Type

Contract

Description

Purpose

The purpose of this contract between the Utah State Board of Education and University of Wisconsin-Madison's Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER) is to become a WIDA Consortium member in order to access the Core Package, including the annual administration of ACCESS for ELLs and related services of WCER in grades Pre-K-12.

Legal Authority

34 CFR § 99.31(a)(6) and 20 U.S. Code § 1232g(b). This data sharing is permitted under the “Studies Exception” of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)-Title III (20 U.S Code § 6812.)
Provide all children significant opportunity to receive a fair, equitable, and high-quality education, and to close educational achievement gaps.
Student Program is to ensure that all EL students attain English proficiency, develop high levels of academic attainment in English, and meet the same challenging state academic standards as all other students.

53E-5-205- Indicators for Elementary and Middle Schools

53E-5-206 -Indicators for High Schools

Justification

Required by State Law
Required by Federal Law

Approval

Original Agreement

Approved by: Utah State Board of Education

Approval Date: 03/07/2024

Amendment #1

Approved by: Utah State Board of Education

Approval Date: 05/19/2016

Data

Data Type

Personally identifiable educator information, Personally identifiable student information

Data Shared

Data shared included relevant data points for the implementation of the ACCESS for ELLs 2.0 assessment. Relevant Data included:

Student Demographic Information
Student Names
Student Class Information
Student School Information
Educator Information
Relevant Student Accommodation Information

Data Agreement Repository