53A-1-601 - Legislative intent. - Utah Statutes

53A-1-601. Legislative intent.
(1) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this part to determine the effectiveness ofschool districts and schools in assisting students to master the fundamental educational skillstowards which instruction is directed.
(2) (a) The Utah Performance Assessment System for Students enacted under this partshall provide the public, the Legislature, the State Board of Education, school districts, publicschools, and school teachers evaluative information regarding the various levels of proficiencyachieved by students, so that they may have an additional tool to plan, measure, and evaluate theeffectiveness of programs in the public schools.
(b) The information may also be used to recognize excellence and to identify the need foradditional resources or to reallocate educational resources in a manner to assure educationalopportunities for all students and to improve existing programs.

Amended by Chapter 219, 2000 General Session