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Assessment office asks board to retain carry‑forward for PBL and assessment adjustments
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Darren Nielsen asked the finance committee to retain part of assessment carry‑forward to fund performance‑based learning work, assessment item development and contingencies tied to new math standards and Acadience testing.
SALT LAKE CITY — Darren Nielsen, assistant superintendent for student learning and director of Assessment and Accountability at the Utah State Board of Education, told the finance committee that his section’s unencumbered FY24 carry‑forward resulted in part from recovered federal assessment funds and timing changes from the pandemic.
Nielsen said the office recovered funds from a 2020 assessment grant and that staff used the carry‑forward to propose several projects to the finance committee, including funding for a PBL Works contract, continued item development…
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