Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Education
Title R277 - Administration
Rule R277-497 - School Accountability System
Section R277-497-2 - Indexing of Points for Calculating Academic Growth

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 277-497-2

Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024

(1) For the purposes of calculating academic growth, the Superintendent shall assign each student a student growth percentile (SGP).

(2) The Superintendent shall assign point weights to a school for student growth as follows:

(a) if the student's SGP is greater than 80, the weight is 1.0;

(b) if the student's SGP is between 60 and 79, the weight is 0.75;

(c) if the student's SGP is between 40 and 59, the weight is 0.50;

(d) if the student's SGP is between 20 and 39, the weight is 0.25; or

(e) if the student's SGP is less than 20, the weight is 0.

(3) To determine the total growth points allocated to a school, the Superintendent shall:

(a) add all the weights and divide by the total number of qualifying tests defined in the Utah Accountability Technical Manual, described in Subsection R277-497-3(5), to establish a percentage; and

(b) multiply the percentage by the total growth points possible.

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