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USBE stakeholder group recommends provisional WIDA alternate exit rules; full approval pending

3055647 · April 19, 2025
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Summary

Utah education staff presented a provisional recommendation for exiting students who take the WIDA alternate access assessment: a score of 5 would trigger an automatic exit while a score of 4 plus a DLM ELA score of 4 could support discretionary exit by the LEA/IEP team.

Utah State Board of Education staff presented a stakeholder recommendation to create provisional criteria for exiting English learner (EL) students who take the WIDA alternate access assessment.

Summary of the recommendation: a two-path provisional policy under which: - Primary pathway: any student taking the WIDA alternate access who receives a score of 5 would meet exit criteria automatically. - Secondary pathway (discretionary): a student who receives a WIDA alternate access score of 4 could be considered for…

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