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Senate adopts grants for online testing and amends 'Common Core' language
Summary
The Senate passed SB97 to create grant funds for online summative assessments and adaptive testing administered by the State Board of Education. Floor amendment defined 'Utah Common Core' and a substitute amendment to use the possessive "Utah's common core" in several places was accepted; SB97 passed and will be forwarded to the House.
Senate Bill 97, which provides grant funding for schools to implement online summative assessments and adaptive testing, cleared the Senate after floor debate and amendment.
Senator Osman, sponsor of SB97, described the programmatic purpose: grants administered by the State Board of Education will support technology for online summative and adaptive assessments and require matching funds from local…
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