Cookie Fundraiser: Standard 6.NS.1 Interpret & Compute Quotients of Fractions.
This formative assessment exemplar was created by a team of Utah educators to be used as a resource in the classroom. It was reviewed for appropriateness by a Bias and Sensitivity/Special Education team and by state mathematics leaders. While no assessment is perfect, it is intended to be used as a formative tool that enables teachers to obtain evidence of student learning, identify assets and gaps in that learning, and adjust instruction for the two dimensions that are important for mathematical learning experiences (i.e., Standards for Mathematical Practice, Major Work of the Grade).

Cooperative Learning occurs when two or more learners collaborate to achieve a common goal. Typically, cooperative learning programs seek to foster positive interdependence through face-to-face interactions, to hold individual group members accountable for the collective project and to develop interpersonal skills among learners.

This guide outlines the Utah Core standards for 1st Grade English Language Arts.

This guide outlines the Utah Core standards for 2nd Grade English Language Arts.

This guide outlines the Utah Core standards for 3rd Grade English Language Arts.

This guide outlines the Utah Core standards for 4th Grade English Language Arts.

This guide outlines the Utah Core standards for 5th Grade English Language Arts.

County Fair: Standard 6.EE.6 (Use variables to represent numbers and write expressions when solving a real-world or mathematical problem; understand that a variable can represent an unknown number, or, depending on the purpose at hand, any number in a specified set.).
This formative assessment exemplar was created by a team of Utah educators to be used as a resource in the classroom. It was reviewed for appropriateness by a Bias and Sensitivity/Special Education team and by state mathematics leaders. While no assessment is perfect, it is intended to be used as a formative tool that enables teachers to obtain evidence of student learning, identify assets and gaps in that learning, and adjust instruction for the two dimensions that are important for mathematical learning experiences (i.e., Standards for Mathematical Practice, Major Work of the Grade).

Tier II (supplemental) and Tier III (intensive) interventions include evidence-based programs, practices, and strategies provided to students who require additional support after receiving core literacy instruction (Tier I). The purpose of Tier II & III literacy interventions is to reduce the risk of future potential literacy failure. Table 1 below provides a quick overview of the components of tiered literacy interventions, along with a description of each critical feature.

This microcredential represents educators' ability to appropriately use crosscutting concepts to support student sensemaking. This stack of microcredentials fulfills one of the requirements of the pathway for the Secondary Science Endorsement.

Curiosity is the urge to explain the unexpected, to resolve uncertainty, or the urge to know more (Meta X Learning). Cognitive scientist Elizabeth Bonawitz suggests it “acts as a kind of filter you put over the world to help the mind decide what information to attend to. It’s a physiological response that helps drive action and decision-making to support learning.”

This microcredential represents educators' participation in effective curriculum creation, revision and adoption of SEEd standards. This stack of microcredentials fulfills one of the requirements of the pathway for the Secondary Science Endorsement.

Dash for Dogs: Standard 8.F.2 - Compare properties of two functions each represented in a different way. Compare properties of two functions, each represented in a different way (algebraically, graphically, numerically in tables, or by verbal descriptions). For example, given a linear function represented by a table of values and a linear function represented by an algebraic expression, determine which function has the greater rate of change.
This formative assessment exemplar was created by a team of Utah educators to be used as a resource in the classroom. It was reviewed for appropriateness by a Bias and Sensitivity/Special Education team and by state mathematics leaders. While no assessment is perfect, it is intended to be used as a formative tool that enables teachers to obtain evidence of student learning, identify assets and gaps in that learning, and adjust instruction for the two dimensions that are important for mathematical learning experiences (i.e., Standards for Mathematical Practice, Major Work of the Grade).

Data Analysis and Instructional Support Planning with Acadience Math Results is a guiding document that suggests guiding questions to analyze a student's performance, not just the score, on each measure, as well as targeted learning intention examples, and intervention resource examples.

Deliberate Practice refers to a special type of practice that is purposeful and systematic. While regular practice might include mindless repetitions, deliberate practice requires focused attention and is conducted with the specific goal of improving performance.

This website was created by the Utah State Board of Education and includes information regarding development of instructional coaches.

Differentiation refers to a wide variety of teaching techniques and lesson adaptations that educators use to instruct a diverse group of students. It can involve different activities to different groups of students, recognition of multiple pathways and flexibility of time to complete the tasks. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a proactive approach to designing learning experiences to be accessible for all students, while differentiation is a reactive evaluation of the needs of individual students where adjustments are retrofitted into the learning environment. Some people use the terms synonymously, but they are different.

The Digital Teaching and Learning Program currently invests $20 million in accelerating and deepening learning through technology in Utah’s K-12 schools. This dashboard is meant to be a collaborative tool for educational leaders across the state to identify neighbors pursuing similar goals. It provides background information on each grantee’s targeted outcomes for the program, its progress in reaching those outcomes, and its stage of readiness and implementation of digital learning in participating schools.