The Utah Continuous Improvement Plan (UCIP) is a comprehensive LEA level planning tool that includes a needs assessment and root cause analysis protocol. The UCIP is designed to help LEA leadership teams target available funding to address their identified needs (funding the plan rather than planning the funds), reduce duplication and overall reporting burden, facilitate meaningful stakeholder engagement, and accelerate continuous improvement.
Accountability and transparency in education data is important for parents and the community as a tool to help inform decisions about their student’s educational choices. The reports found here in the UCIP are designed as a tool to provide that information to help concerned individuals see the results of the measurements of student learning outcomes.
At the same time, the performance data and personally identifiable student information data needs to be kept safe, private, and follow federal and state standards and laws, including FERPA, to maintain student data security and privacy. While the data used by the USBE and Local Education Agencies (LEA) is comprehensive, the data made available to the public is masked to avoid unintended disclosure of personally identifiable information at summary school, LEA, or state level reports.