Section R277-406-2 - Definitions(1)(a) "Benchmark reading assessment" means the Acadience Reading assessment.(b) The "benchmark reading assessment:"(i) is given three times each year;(ii) gives teachers information to:(A) plan appropriate instruction; and(B) evaluate the effects of instruction; and(iii) provides data about student preparation for success on an end of year criterion referenced test.(2)(a) "Benchmark mathematics assessment" means the Acadience Math assessment;(b) The "benchmark mathematics assessment:(i) is given three times each year;(ii) gives teachers information to:(A) plan appropriate instruction; and(B) evaluate the effects of instruction; and(iii) provides data about student preparation for success on an end of year criterion referenced test.(3) "Components of early mathematics" means the key areas of mathematical learning including: (a) conceptual understanding;(c) strategic and adaptive mathematical thinking; and(d) productive disposition.(4) "Conceptual understanding" means the comprehension and connection of concepts, operations, and relations.(5) "Evidence-based" means a strategy that has demonstrated a statistically significant effect on improving student outcomes.(6) "Parental notification requirements" means notice by any reasonable means, including electronic notice, notice by telephone, written notice, or personal notice.(7) "Plan" means the Early Learning plan described in Section 53G-7-218.(8) "Procedural fluency" means the meaningful, flexible, accurate, and efficient use of procedures to solve problems.(9) "Productive disposition" means the attitude of a student who sees mathematics as useful and worthwhile while exercising a steady effort to learn mathematics.(10) "Reading on Grade Level" or "ROGL" means a third grade student is scoring above benchmark and meets or exceeds 405 on the end of year benchmark reading assessment to achieve the strenuous statewide goal of 70% third grade-level proficiency as required by Section 53E-3-1001.(11) "Scoring above benchmark" means that a student will likely need effective core instruction to meet subsequent learning goals and may benefit from instruction on more advanced skills.(12) "Scoring below or well below benchmark" means that a student: (a) performs below or well below the benchmark score on the benchmark reading or benchmark mathematics assessment; and(b) requires additional instruction beyond that provided to typically-developing peers to close the gap between the student's current level of achievement and that expected of all students in that grade.(13) "Remediation interventions" means reading or mathematics instruction or activities, or both, given to students in addition to their regular instruction, during another time in the school day, outside regular instructional time, or in the summer, which is focused on specific needs as identified by reliable and valid assessments.(14) "Strategic and adaptive mathematical thinking" means the ability to formulate, represent, and solve mathematical problems with the capacity to justify the logic used to arrive at the solution.(15) "Utah eTranscript and Record Exchange" or "UTREx" means the same as that term is defined in Section R277-404-2.Utah Admin. Code R277-406-2
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