R277-700-2. Definitions

  For purposes of this rule:

  (1)(a) "Applied course" means a public school course or class that applies the concepts of a Core subject.

  (b) "Applied course" includes a course offered through Career and Technical Education or through other areas of the curriculum.

  (2) "Arts" means the visual arts, music, dance, theatre, and media arts.

  (3) "Assessment" means a summative computer adaptive assessment for:

  (a) English language arts grades 3 through 11;

  (b) mathematics grades 3 through 8, and Secondary I, II, and III; or

  (c) science grades 4 through 8, earth science, biology, physics and chemistry.

  (4) "Career and Technical Education (CTE)" means an organized educational program or course which directly or indirectly prepares students for employment, or for additional preparation leading to employment, in an occupation, where entry requirements generally do not require a baccalaureate or advanced degree.

  (5) "Core Standard" means a statement of what a student enrolled in a public school is expected to know and be able to do at a specific grade level or following completion of an identified course.

  (6) "Core subject" means a course for which there is a declared set of Core Standards as approved by the Board.

  (7) "Elementary school" for purposes of this rule means a school that serves grades K-6 in whatever kind of school the grade levels exist.

  (8) "General Core" means the courses, content, instructional elements, materials, resources and pedagogy that are used to teach the Core Standards, including the ideas, knowledge, practice and skills that support the Core Standards.

  (9) "High school" for purposes of this rule means a school that serves grades 9-12 in whatever kind of school the grade levels exist.

  (10) "LEA" or "local education agency" includes the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.

  (11) "Middle school" for purposes of this rule means a school that serves grades 7-8 in whatever kind of school the grade levels exist.

  (12) "Junior High school" means a school that serves grades 7-9 in whatever kind of school the grade levels exist.

  (13) "Proficiency in keyboarding" means a student's ability to key by touch.

  (14) "Summative adaptive assessment" means an assessment that:

  (a) is administered upon completion of instruction to assess a student's achievement;

  (b) is administered online under the direct supervision of a licensed educator;

  (c) is designed to identify student achievement on the Core Standards for the respective grade and course; and

  (d) measures the full range of student ability by adapting to each student's responses, selecting more difficult questions when a student answers correctly and less difficult questions when a student answers incorrectly.