AAPPL (Assessment of Performance toward Proficiency in Languages)
- Grades 3-9
- Test given to students in the Dual Language Immersion program to check their proficiency of the target language. Total testing time: 2.5 hours
Acadience Reading
- Grades K-5
- Benchmark literacy test
- Administered 3 times per year: fall, winter, spring
- Total testing time (including fall, winter, spring) 15-30 minutes
Acadience Math
- Grades K-3
- Benchmark numeracy tests
- Administered 3 times per year: fall, winter, spring
- Total testing time (including fall, winter, and spring) 20-60 minutes
ACT
- Grade 11
- A timed assessment that measures postsecondary readiness.
- The state-administered ACT includes English, reading, mathematics, and science subtests.
- English: Total testing time 45 minutes
- Reading: Total testing time 35 minutes
- Mathematics: Total testing time 60 minutes
- Science: Total testing time 35 minutes
Civics Exam
- A locally administered civics exam with questions from the U. S. immigration and naturalization (citizenship) test.
- Students need to correctly answer 35 out of 50 questions (alternate option available for students with disabilities).
- Testing times vary based on LEA question selection, 60 minutes or less
- REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION
CTE Skill Certificate Assessments
- Competency-based tests given to students when they complete a course in Career and Technical Education.
- Designed to be completed in one sitting, in one class period.
- Total testing times are determined by content 50-90 minutes REQUIRED FOR CERTIFICATION
DLM (Dynamic Learning Map)
- Grades 3-11
- Untimed tests given at the end of the school year to students with significant cognitive disabilities to measure proficiency on the Alternate Achievement Standards (Essential Elements/Extended Core Science Standards) and school accountability
- DLM - English Language Arts (ELA) (grades 3-11) Total testing time to complete multiple testlets 60 minutes
- DLM - Mathematics (grades 3-11) Total testing time to complete multiple testlets 60 minutes
- DLM – Science (grades 4-11) Total testing time to complete multiple testlets 60 minutes
Financial Literacy Assessment Test
- Grades 10-12
- given to students when they complete the General Financial Literacy course.
- Designed to be administered in one class period, in one sitting Total testing time 50-90 minutes
I-Ready
- Grades 1-2
- Literacy test
KEEP
- Kindergarten assessment for incoming kindergarten students in order to identify their incoming knowledge and skills
- Administered during the first week of school
NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress)
- Grades 4 and 8
- The largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what students in the United States know and can do in various subjects.
- It is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the U.S. Department of Education.
- Selected schools represent schools across the nation, and their participation provides an accurate picture of student performance.
PAST
- Grades K-5
- Literacy test to help teachers identify where specific students need help on specific reading skills
- Administered throughout the year as needed
RISE
- Grades 3-8
- Untimed tests given at the end of a course to measure students’ proficiency on Utah Core Standards and school accountability
- English Language Arts (ELA) (grades 3-8) Testing time approximately 90-135 minutes
- Writing (grades 5-8) Testing time approximately 60-90 minutes
- Mathematics (grades 3-8) Testing time approximately 90-135 minutes
- Science (grades 4-8) Testing time approximately 90-135 minutes
Utah Aspire Plus
- Grades 9-10
- Timed tests given at the end of the school year for all 9th and 10th graders, that include a combination of test questions from ACT Aspire and Utah’s item bank.
- English Testing time 45 minutes
- Reading Testing time 75 minutes
Mathematics Testing time 75 minutes - Science Testing time 60 minutes
WIDA
- Administered to multi-language learners in the ESL (English as a Second Language) program
- Measures the students’ proficiency in English