Utah

Measured Progress currently works with the Utah State Office of Education on two testing programs and a data analysis contract.

Measured Progress is the contractor for the Utah Science Core Criterion-Referenced Test Development Project. Administered to approximately 36,000 students per year in grades 4 through 6, the tests assess general science curriculum. In higher grades, the assessment is tailored to courses in 7th and 8th grade integrated science, earth systems science, biology, chemistry, and physics. Measured Progress is responsible for delivering print-ready and printed test materials to Utah for both operational and pilot test administrations.

The Utah Basic Skills Competency Test includes subtests in reading, writing, and mathematics. Proficient performance on the test is a graduation requirement. The test is given to approximately 40,000 tenth-grade students each February. Retest opportunities for each subtest are provided twice annually for students in grades 11 and 12.

Measured Progress also provides the platform for Utah's computer-based testing system. Approximately 690,000 students used the online assessment for spring 2009 testing, accounting for 66 percent of students who took the Criterion-Referenced Test (CRT). Approximately 60 percent of Utah's students in grades 3 through 11 took the online CRT in math and ELA via the Measured Progress iTest system, and about 80 percent in science.

For more information, visit the Utah State Office of Education Web site.