2006 Utah Code - 53A-1-602 — Definitions.

     53A-1-602.   Definitions.
     As used in this part:
     (1) "Achievement test" means a standardized test which measures or attempts to measure the level of performance which a student has attained in one or more courses of study. Achievement tests shall include norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests.
     (2) "Basic skills course" means a subject which requires mastery of specific functions, as defined under rules made by the State Board of Education, to include reading, language arts, mathematics through geometry, science, in grades 4 through 12, and effectiveness of written expression.
     (3) "Utah Performance Assessment System for Students" or "U-PASS" means:
     (a) systematic norm-referenced achievement testing of all students in grades 3, 5, 8, and 11 required by this part in all schools within each school district by means of tests designated by the State Board of Education;
     (b) criterion-referenced achievement testing of students in all grade levels in basic skills courses;
     (c) beginning with the 2001-02 school year, a direct writing assessment in grades 6 and 9;
     (d) beginning with the 2003-04 school year, a tenth grade basic skills competency test as detailed in Section 53A-1-611; and
     (e) beginning with the 2002-03 school year, the use of student behavior indicators in assessing student performance.

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