Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXI - Bulletin 118-Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Section CXI-107 - Assessment Programs

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				Kindergarten Developmental Readiness Screening Program (KDRSP). Each school
				district is required to administer an approved screening instrument to each
				child entering kindergarten for the first time, with the results to be used for
				placement and planning instruction.
B. Louisiana Educational Assessment Program
				(LEAP). Criterion-referenced tests in English Language Arts, Mathematics,
				Science, and Social Studies assess student performance relative to specific
				benchmarks established in the state's content standards and provide data for
				evaluating student, school, and district performance. The tests assess a
				student's complex thinking skills as well as knowledge and application of
				information. These high-stakes tests are tied to promotional policy for grades
				4 and 8.
C. Graduation Exit
				Examination (GEE). Criterion-referenced tests in English Language Arts,
				Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies assess student performance relative to
				specific benchmarks established in the state's content standards and provide
				data for evaluating student, school, and district performance. These
				high-stakes tests require high school students to meet established achievement
				levels to be eligible to receive a high school diploma.
D.
Integrated
Louisiana
				Educational Assessment Program (
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LEAP). The
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LEAP will integrate criterion-referenced tests and
				norm-referenced tests into one program to provide data for evaluating students,
				schools, and district performance in grades 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9 beginning with
				the 2005-2006 academic year.
E.
				LEAP Alternate Assessment, Level 1 (LAA 1). The LAA 1 is a performance-based
				student assessment that evaluates each eligible special education student's
				knowledge and skills in targeted areas. It is an "on-demand" assessment, which
				means the test administrator directs the student to perform a specific task and
				then scores the student's performance after the task is completed.
F. LEAP Alternate Assessment; Level 2 (LAA
				2). The LAA 2 is a criterion-referenced assessment; which is based on modified
				academic achievement standards that allow students with persistent academic
				disabilities who are served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education
				Improvement Act (IDEA) to participate in academic assessments that are
				sensitive to measuring progress in their learning. The last administration of
				LAA 2 assessment in grades 3-8 will occur in the academic year
				2013-2014.
G. English Language
				Development Assessment (ELDA). The ELDA is a research-based program designed to
				measure proficiency in reading, writing, speaking, and listening to English of
				LEP students; the program began in the 2004-2005 academic year.
H. End-of-Course Tests (EOCT). The EOCT will
				be administered to high school students enrolled in and/or receiving credit for
				an EOCT course online beginning fall 2007. The tests, which are
				criterion-referenced and standards-based, will be phased in over a period of
				six years to assess student mastery of six high school courses.
I. The Iowa Tests. The Iowa Tests of Basic
				Skills (ITBS), used in grades 3, 5, 6, and 7, and the Iowa Tests of Educational
				Development (ITED), used in grade 9, are norm-referenced tests that provide
				comparative data to evaluate student, school, and district performance. The
				last administration of The Iowa Tests will occur in the academic year
				2004-2005.
J. Graduation Exit
				Examination ("old" GEE). The "old" GEE measures curricula-based proficiencies
				in English Language Arts, Mathematics, Written Composition, Science, and Social
				Studies. The administration of the "old" GEE became a district responsibility
				beginning with the 2003-2004 academic year.
K. LEAP Alternate Assessment-B (LAA-B). The
				LAA-B, which was administered from 2000 through 2003, assessed special
				education students who met specific criteria at their functioning levels in
				language/reading and/or mathematics, rather than at their enrolled grade
				levels.
L. National Assessment of
				Educational Progress (NAEP). Also known as the Nation's Report Card, NAEP is
				administered nationally to a random stratified sample population of students to
				gather data about subject-matter achievement, instructional experiences, and
				school environment.
M. Field Tests.
				Representative student populations from school districts throughout Louisiana
				are chosen to field test new items to be used in future statewide assessments,
				including LEAP, GEE, ELDA, and
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LEAP. The items are tested,
				scored, ranked statistically, and identified as effective or
				ineffective.
N. Placement Tests.
				Students from out-of-district or in-state educational settings, such as
				approved home study programs or nonpublic schools, who wish to enroll in public
				schools at grades 5 and 9 must take a placement test if they have not taken and
				met the requirements for LEAP. Students taking the placement test must score
				basic or above in English Language Arts or Mathematics and approaching basic or
				above in the other to enroll in grade 5 and score approaching basic or above in
				English Language Arts and Mathematics to enroll in grade 9.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:24.4.