R277-404-2. Definitions

  (1) "Benchmark reading assessment" means the Board approved literacy assessment that is administered to a student in grade 1, grade 2, and grade 3 at the beginning, middle, and end of year.

  (2) "College readiness assessment" means the:

  (a) same as that term is defined in Section 53E-4-305; and

  (b) American College Testing exam, or ACT.

  (3) "English Learner" or "EL student" means a student who is learning in English as a second language.

  (4) "English language proficiency assessment" means the World-class Instructional Design and Assessment (WIDA) Assessing Comprehension in English State-to-State (ACCESS), which is designed to measure the acquisition of the academic English language for an English Learner student.

  (5) "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974" or "FERPA," 20 U.S.C. 1232g, means a federal law designed to protect the privacy of students' education records.

  (6) "High school assessment":

  (a) means the same as that term is defined in Section 53E-4-304;

  (b) means the "Utah Aspire Plus"; and

  (c) includes the Utah Aspire Plus assessment of proficiency in:

  (i) English;

  (ii) math;

  (iii) science; and

  (iv) reading.

  (7) "National Assessment of Education Progress" or "NAEP" means the national achievement assessment administered by the United States Department of Education to measure and track student academic progress.

  (8) "State required assessment" means an assessment described in Subsection 53G-6-803(9)(a).

  (9) "Standards Assessment":

  (a) means the same as that term is defined in Section 53E-4-303; and

  (b) means the "Readiness Improvement Success Empowerment" or "RISE";

  (c) for each school year, includes one writing prompt from the writing portion of the RISE English language arts assessment for grades 5 and 8.

  (10) "Statewide assessment" means the:

  (a) standards assessment;

  (b) high school assessment;

  (c) college readiness assessment;

  (d) Utah alternative assessment;

  (e) benchmark reading assessment; and

  (f) English language proficiency assessment.

  (11) "Section 504 accommodation plan" means a plan:

  (a) required by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and

  (b) designed to accommodate an individual who has been determined, as a result of an evaluation, to have a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.

  (12)(a) "Utah alternate assessment" means an assessment instrument:

  (i) for a student in special education with a disability so severe the student is not able to participate in a statewide assessment even with an assessment accommodation or modification; and

  (ii) that measures progress on the Utah core instructional goals and objectives in the student's IEP.

  (b) "Utah alternate assessment" means:

  (i) for science, the Utah Alternate Assessment (UAA); and

  (ii) for English language arts and mathematics, the Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM).

  (13) "Utah eTranscript and Record Exchange" or "UTREx" means a system that allows:

  (a) an LEA and the Superintendent to electronically exchange an individual detailed student record; and

  (b) electronic transcripts to be sent to any post-secondary institution, private or public, in-state or out-of-state, that participates in the e-transcript service.