§ 53A-1-1103. State Board of Education to establish school grading system -- Report to Education Interim Committee. (Effective 5/13/2014)

(1)

(a) The State Board of Education shall establish a school grading system in accordance with this part in which a school annually is designated a grade of A, B, C, D, or F based on the performance of the school's students on statewide assessments, and for a high school, the graduation rate and, except for the 2012-13 school year, student performance on a college admissions test administered pursuant to Section 53A-1-611.

(b) The school grading system established in this part shall be known and referred to as "school grading."

(2) The State Board of Education shall:

(a) model the school grading system described in this part using school performance data for the 2010-11 school year;

(b) study modifications to the school grading system; and

(c) make recommendations for proposed legislation to the Education Interim Committee on modifications to the school grading system by the committee's September 2012 meeting.

(3) The school grading system shall take effect for the 2012-13 school year and shall replace the U-PASS accountability system developed and implemented by the State Board of Education.

(4) For the purposes of school grading, the State Board of Education shall create an alignment mapping of scale scores when transitioning to a new assessment system to reflect the standards of academic achievement set by the State Board of Education.

Amended by Chapter 403, 2014 General Session