Data Recipient(s)

• NCS Pearson Inc

Start and End Dates

Original starting date: 06/07/2018

Current end date: 10/31/2028

Agreement Type

Contract

Description

Purpose

The purpose of this contract between the Utah State Board of Education and NCS Pearson is to provide a high school assessment (Utah Aspire Plus) for students in Grades 9 and 10.

Legal Authority

34 CFR § 99.31(a)(3), 34 CFR § 99.35, 20 U.S. Code § 1232g(b). This data sharing is permitted under the “Audit and Evaluation Exception” of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

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

53E-4-303- Utah standards assessments -- Administration -- Review committee

S.B. 39 Education Testing Amendments

Justification

• Required by State Law
• Required by Federal Law

Approval

Original Agreement

Approved by: Utah State Board of Education

Approval Date: 06/07/2018

Amendment #1

Approved by: Utah State Board of Education

Approval Date: 11/12/2019

Amendment #2

Approved by: Utah State Board of Education

Approval Date: 12/18/2020

Data

Data Type

Personally identifiable educator information, Personally identifiable student information

Data Shared

Data shared included relevant data points for the implementation of a high school assessment for students in Grades 9 and 10. Data shared included:

• Statewide Student Identifier (SSID)
• Student Full Name
• Student Date of Birth
• Student School Name and Code 
• Student District Name and Code 
• Student Enrolled Grade 
• Student Race/Ethnicity
• Student Gender 
• Student Disability Status 
• Student Socioeconomic Status
• Student English Language Learner Status
• Student Form Code
• Student Item Response on all operational items in the Hybrid test 
  • which could indicate whether an item is omitted or not
• Student Item Scores on all operational items in the Hybrid test 
• Student Item Latency on all operational items in the Hybrid test
• Student Raw Score of the Aspire Items
• Student Raw Score of the Hybrid test 
• Student Scale Score of the Hybrid test 
• Item/test level data
  • Form code 
  • Item position 
  • Item ID
  • Key
  • ItemStatus (OP / PT) 
  • Item Type (MC/TE)
  • Reporting category
  • An indicator of whether the item is from Aspire

Documents

Board Meeting Documents and Recordings

Agreements