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Board committee directs content rubrics to include required general-rubric components; approves combined science-of-reading/general rubric
Summary
After lengthy discussion, the assessment committee directed USBE staff to ensure content-specific rubrics include required components from the agency’s general rubric and voted to approve a combined science-of-reading and general rubric for curriculum review.
The assessment committee directed USBE staff to require that content-specific curriculum rubrics include the mandatory components of the agency’s general rubric and not duplicate rating items. Committee members discussed implementation complexities before unanimously approving the directive and then approving a combined science-of-reading (SOR) checklist and the general rubric.
Julie Clark and content specialists explained that Utah law (SB127) and the state science-of-reading panel produced a detailed SOR checklist that the agency has been using to review K–3 core…
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