The Grand County School District Office of Student Services oversees the following district programs: Special Education, Title I, Curriculum, and Assessment. The director of the Office of Student Services is Taryn Kay. We are located at:

190 E. 100 N.
Moab, UT 84532
(435) 259-5628
Fax (435) 259-6747

Grand County School District serves Special Education students from ages 3-21 in five different schools. We have an excellent teaching and support staff that deliver specialized instruction and related services necessary to help our students succeed in school. If you suspect that your child is a student with a disability or if we can provide assistance to you please do not hesitate to call.

We also offer Title I services to preschool, Red Rock Elementary and Helen M. Knight Intermediate students and their families. Title I is a federally funded program designed to provide additional support to students and their families so that each student can achieve grade level success.

Grand County School District utilizes the Utah State Core Curriculum as the basis of all instruction. We are currently establishing essential skills and standards at each grade level and for each subject that will be available on line in the future. A copy of the Utah State Core Curriculum is available on line at http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us.

Utah's U-PASS System, which makes up the assessment and data foundation for reporting results of the state's accountability system, includes descriptive data about each school, as well as several major tests that affect significant numbers of students in the state. Combined with federal requirements for assessment of students with disabilities and English language learners, U-PASS outlines requirements for data collection for all schools and students in Utah to provide information about their performance from year to year. As listed below, there are seven major assessment programs that are part of the U-PASS program.

• Core Assessment Criterion-Referenced Tests (reading/language arts, mathematics, and science)
• Reading Diagnostic Instruments (used in conjunction with CRTs to determine grade-level performance)
• Direct Writing Assessment
• A Norm-Referenced Achievement Test (currently the Stanford Achievement Test, 9th Edition)
• Utah Basic Skills Competency Test (reading, writing, and mathematics)
• Utah Alternate Assessment (for special needs students)
• National Assessment of Educational Progress
  
  Please contact our office with any questions or concerns you may have. We look forward to hearing from you.