2006 Utah Code - 53A-3-602.5 — School performance report -- Components -- Annual filing.

     53A-3-602.5.   School performance report -- Components -- Annual filing.
     (1) The State Board of Education in collaboration with the state's 40 school districts shall develop a school performance report to inform the state's residents of the quality of schools and the educational achievement of students in the state's public education system.
     (2) The report shall be written and include the following statistical data for each school in each school district, as applicable, and shall also aggregate the data at the district and state level:
     (a) except as provided in Subsection (2)(a)(ii), test scores over the previous year on:
     (i) norm-referenced achievement tests;
     (ii) criterion-referenced tests beginning with the 2001-02 school year, to include the scores aggregated for all students by grade level or course for the previous two years and an indication of whether there was a sufficient magnitude of gain in the scores between the two years;
     (iii) writing assessments required under Section 53A-1-603; and
     (iv) tenth grade basic skills competency tests required under Section 53A-1-603;
     (b) college entrance examinations, including the number and percentage of each graduating class taking the examinations for the previous four years;
     (c) advanced placement and concurrent enrollment data, including:
     (i) the number of students taking advanced placement and concurrent enrollment courses;
     (ii) the number and percent of students taking a specific advanced placement course who take advanced placement tests to receive college credit for the course;
     (iii) of those students taking the test referred to in Subsection (2)(c)(ii), the number and percent who pass the test; and
     (iv) of those students taking a concurrent enrollment course, the number and percent of those who receive college credit for the course;
     (d) the number and percent of students through grade ten reading at or above grade level;
     (e) the number and percent of students who were absent from school ten days or more during the school year;
     (f) achievement gaps that reflect the differences in achievement of various student groups as defined by State Board of Education rule;
     (g) the number and percent of "student dropouts" within the district as defined by State Board of Education rule;
     (h) course-taking patterns and trends in secondary schools;
     (i) student mobility;
     (j) staff qualifications, to include years of professional service and the number and percent of staff who have a degree or endorsement in their assigned teaching area and the number and percent of staff who have a graduate degree;
     (k) the number and percent of parents who participate in SEP, SEOP, and parent-teacher conferences;
     (l) average class size by grade level and subject;
     (m) average daily attendance as defined by State Board of Education rule, including every period in secondary schools; and
     (n) enrollment totals disaggregated with respect to race, ethnicity, gender, limited English proficiency, and those students who qualify for free or reduced price school lunch.
     (3) The State Board of Education, in collaboration with the state's school districts, shall provide for the collection and electronic reporting of the following data for each school in each

school district:
     (a) test scores and trends over the previous four years on the tests referred to in Subsection (2)(a);
     (b) the average grade given in each math, science, and English course in grades 9 through 12 for which criteria-referenced tests are required under Section 53A-1-603;
     (c) incidents of student discipline as defined by State Board of Education rule, including suspensions, expulsions, and court referrals; and
     (d) the number and percent of students receiving fee waivers and the total dollar amount of fees waived.
     (4) (a) The State Board of Education shall adopt common definitions and data collection procedures for local school boards to use in collecting and forwarding the data required under Subsections (2) and (3) to the state superintendent of public instruction.
     (b) The state board, through the state superintendent of public instruction, shall adopt standard reporting forms and provide a common template for collecting and reporting the data, which shall be used by all school districts.
     (c) The state superintendent shall use the automated decision support system referred to in Section 53A-1-301 to collect and report the data required under Subsections (2) and (3).
     (5) (a) For the school year ending June 30, 2003, and for each year thereafter, the state board, through the state superintendent of public instruction, shall issue its report annually by October 1 to include the required data from the previous school year or years as indicated in Subsections (2) and (3).
     (b) The state board shall determine the nature and extent of longitudinal data to be reported under Subsections (2)(b), (c), and (d) and (3)(a) during the first three years of the reporting program, with the baseline reporting year beginning July 1, 2002 and ending June 30, 2003.
     (6) (a) Each local school board shall receive a written or an electronic copy of the report from the state superintendent of public instruction containing the data for that school district in a clear summary format and have it distributed, on a one per household basis, to the residence of students enrolled in the school district before November 30th of each year.
     (b) Each local school board and the state board shall have a complete report of the statewide data available for copying or in an electronic format at their respective offices.

Amended by Chapter 244, 2002 General Session
Amended by Chapter 210, 2002 General Session