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* Different NCLB Tests in Utah:
Source: utaheducationfacts.com

CRT Criterion Referenced Test
• Purpose: To test students' mastery of Utah's Core Curriculum. The CRT is also used for No Child Left
Behind (a national assessment of school performance) and U-PASS (a state-level assessment of school performance used in conjunction with No Child Left Behind).
• Grades Tested: 2nd through 11th grade for English language arts. Math and Science CRTs for junior high and high school students are based on the student's courses rather than their grade.
• Subjects Tested: Math, science, and English language arts.
• Required: Yes, for all public school students.

UBSCT Utah Basic Skills and Competency Test
• Purpose: To ensure that high school graduates have basic skills and competency in math, reading, and writing. Starting with the graduating class of 2006, high school students must pass all three parts of the UBSCT to receive a basic high school diploma, although alternative diplomas are given to students who fail the UBSCT.
• Grades Tested: 10th grade until student passes (up to 5 attempts) or finishes high school.
• Subjects Tested: Math, reading, and writing.
• Required: Yes, for all public school students in 10th grade and those in 11th and 12th grade who have yet to pass the UBSCT.
• Remediation Offered: Students who fail the UBSCT in 10th grade are eligible to receive a publicly funded voucher to pay for private tutoring. services.

DWA Direct Writing Assessment
• Purpose: To assess students' writing skills. The DWA is part of U-PASS (a state-level assessment of school performance used in conjunction with No Child Left Behind).
• Enactment Date: 2002
• Grades Tested: 6th and 9th grade.
• Subjects Tested: Writing.
• Required: Yes, for all public school students

U-PASS Utah Performance Assessment System for Students
• Purpose: To annually assess the performance of Utah's public schools based on attendance, graduation rates for high schools, and test scores on the CRT, DWA, UALPA, and UBSCT assessments. The data tracked by U-PASS is also used in conjunction with No Child Left Behind (a national assessment of school performance).
• Grades Tested: All grades, depending on the test.
• Subjects Tested: Math, science, reading, writing, and English language arts.
• Required: Yes, all public school students must participate according to the guidelines for each test.

ACT American College Test
The ACT is a standardized test for high school achievement and college admissions in the United States produced by ACT, Inc.  It was first administered in fall 1959 by Everett Franklin Lindquist as a competitor to the College Board's Scholastic Aptitude Test, now the SAT Reasoning Test. Some students who perform poorly on the SAT find that they perform better on the ACT and vice versa. The ACT test has historically consisted of four tests: English, Math, Reading, and Science reasoning.
Source: Wikipedia

SAT Scholastic Assessment Test
The SAT Reasoning Test (formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test) is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a non-profit organization in the United States, and was once developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service (ETS).  ETS now administers the exam. The College Board claims that the test can determine whether or not a person is ready for college. The current SAT Reasoning Test takes three hours and forty-five minutes and costs $45 ($71 International), excluding late fees. Since the SAT's introduction in 1901, its name and scoring have changed several times. In 2005, the test was renamed to the "SAT Reasoning Test" with possible scores from 600 to 2400 combining test results from three 800-point sections (math, critical reading, and writing), along with other subsections scored separately.
Source: Wikipedia

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