K-12 education content standards in Utah
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This page features the following information about who sets K-12 education content standards in Utah public schools:
- The state entity with the authority to approve K-12 education content standards.
- Whether Utah requires or recommends that local schools or districts follow the K-12 education content standards.
- The statutory or regulatory language in Utah governing the development and application of K-12 education content standards.
Background
State education officials develop content standards in order to facilitate curriculum development for public schools. This section examines the role of content standards in public instruction and the different state approaches that either require or recommend their use in public schools.
What are content standards?
Content standards are educational learning and achievement goals that state education officials either require or recommend that local schools satisfy in K-12 instruction. Content standards are not curriculum but rather aim to guide the development of what state officials view as a robust K-12 curriculum.[1]
The development of K-12 education content standards in public schools varies across the 50 states. State boards of education, state education agency leaders, and local school districts, for example, may play a role in the development and approval of content standards.
Do states recommend or require schools to follow content standards?
State statutes or regulations may require or recommend the use of K-12 education content standards in public instruction.
Some states require local schools to align curriculum with content standards by establishing content standards as a minimum course of study. Such states may also require local schools or districts to adopt content standards as part of their curriculum, or they may require students to demonstrate mastery of content standards through state assessments.
Other states recommend that local schools or districts follow state content standards.
Who sets state K-12 education content standards in Utah?
The following section provides information about the development and application of K-12 education content standards in Utah as of 2022.
The table below identifies the state entity tasked with setting content standards, whether the content standards are recommendations or requirements for local schools, and the governing statute(s). The text of the governing statute(s) is provided below the table.
| Utah K-12 education content standards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Entity | Recommendations or requirements? | Statute or Regulation |
| State Board of Education | Requirements | Utah Code Title 53G |
| “ | (2) The state board shall, with the state superintendent, develop a statewide education strategy focusing on core academics, including the development of:
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See also
- K-12 education content standards in the states
- Overview of trends in K-12 curricula development
- Use of the term critical race theory (CRT)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Common Core State Standards Initiative, "What are educational standards?" accessed April 21, 2022
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
