Utah: College and Career Policies

Utah adopted new health education standards in 2016.

The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) adopted the K-12 Utah Core State Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts at their meeting on August 6, 2010. These standards are aligned to the Common Core State Standards.

This includes successful completion of a combination of the foundation or foundation honors courses, Secondary Mathematics I, Secondary Mathematics II, and Secondary Mathematics III.

The assessment that is required is SAGE, summative end-of-year tests measuring Math in grades 3-8 and secondary math 1,2,3.

Utah has standards in 12 different content areas including fine arts, language arts, physical education, world language, educational technology, health education, library media, science, English language proficiency, financial literacy, math, and social studies.

Utah adopted new physical education standards in 2016, for implementation in Fall 2016.

The Utah State Legislature approved 8 standards of professional learning.

Adoption dates vary by grade band. 6-8 Standards were updated in 2015.

Utah has standards in 12 different content areas including fine arts, language arts, physical education, world language, educational technology, health education, library media, science, English language proficiency, financial literacy, math, and social studies.

3 credits of science courses are required to graduate in Utah.

CRT, UBSCT, Utah DWA, and ITBS are all standardized tests part of the Utah Performance Assessment System for Students, known as U-PASS. Utah U-PASS tests measure the progress of students from second grade through high school. Utah U-PASS is also used by the Utah State Office of Education (USOE) in evaluating each school’s Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) as required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The Utah CRT, UBSCT, and Utah DWA assessments are all criterion-referenced tests based on Utah Core Curriculum standards. As criterion-referenced tests, students only compete against him or herself, rather than be compared against other test takers.

Utah updated the social studies standards in 2009.

3 units of credit are required. .5 of Geography for Life, .5 of World Civilizations, 1 of US History, .5 of US Government and Citizenship.

The State Board of Education has full authority to adopt standards. The Utah State Board of Education is charged with establishing minimum standards for public schools. (H.B. 342 Powers and Duties of the State Board of Education requires the Board to convene a parent review committee for new core standards at least one year before adoption by the Board.)

A. An active educator license holder shall satisfy the final review and obtain the appropriate signatures regarding completion of the professional learning plan between January 1 and June 30 of the educator's assigned renewal year.
(1) A Level 2 or 3 educator license holder who has completed all additional requirements for renewal shall complete the online renewal provided by USOE between January 1 and June 30 of the educator's assigned renewal year.