Charter schools-backed bill allowing some schools to skip RISE test fails in the House

By: Alixel Cabrera

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: February 12, 2026

Words: 666

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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This won’t be the year Utah approves an alternative exam to replace the RISE or Aspire tests in the state public school system after the House killed the legislation Wednesday.

A proposal by Clearfield Republican Rep. Karianne Lisonbee would have created a pilot program giving some schools the option to use a “nationally norm-referenced assessment,” a test that would measure achievement and growth in math, reading and science, comparing individual students’ performance with …

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