Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part CXI - Bulletin 118-Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices › Chapter 7 - Assessment Program Overview › Section CXI-701 - Overview of Assessment Programs in Louisiana

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Norm-Referenced and Criterion-Referenced
				Testing Programs Since 1986
Name of
Assessment
Program
Assessment Population
Administered
Kindergarten Screening
Kindergarten Developmental Readiness Screening
							 Program (KDRSP)
Kindergarten
fall 1987-
Norm-Referenced Tests (NRTs)
California Achievement Test (CAT/F)
grades 4, 6, and 9
spring 1988-spring 1992 (no longer
							 administered)
California Achievement Test (CAT/5)
grades 4 and 6 grade 8
spring 1993-spring 1997 spring 1997 only (no longer
							 administered)
Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) (form L) and Iowa
							 Tests of Educational Development (ITED) (form M)
grades 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11
spring 1998 (no longer administered)
ITBS
ITED (form M)
grades 3, 5, 6, and 7 grade 9
spring 1999-spring 2002 (no longer
							 administered)
ITBS ITED (form B)
grades 3, 5, 6, and 7 grade 9
spring 2003-spring 2005 (no longer
							 administered)
ITBS
grade 2
spring 2012-spring 2013 (no longer
							 administered)
Criterion-Referenced Tests (CRTs)
National Assessment of Educational Progress
							 (NAEP)
grades 4, 8, and 12
spring 1990-
Louisiana Educational Assessment Program
							 (LEAP)
grades 3, 5, and 7
spring 1989-spring 1998 (no longer
							 administered)
Graduation Exit Examination ("old" GEE)
grades 10 and 11
spring 1989-spring 2003 (state administered) fall
							 2003-(district administered)
Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) (ELA
							 and Mathematics)
grades 4 and 8
spring 1999-
LEAP
(Science and Social
Studies)
grades 4 and 8
spring 2000
Graduation Exit Examination (GEE) (ELA and
							 Mathematics)
grade 10
spring 2001-fall 2014 (district administered)
GEE
(Science and Social
Studies)
grade 11
spring 2002-fall 2014 (district administered)
End-Of-Course Tests (EOCT)
Algebra I
fall 2007-
EOCT
English II
fall 2008-
EOCT
Geometry
fall 2009-
EOCT
Biology
fall 2010-
EOCT
Applied Algebra I form
spring 2011-summer 2013
EOCT
English III
fall 2011-
EOCT
U. S. History
fall 2012-
EXPLORE
grades 8 and 9
spring 2013
PLAN
grade 10
spring 2013
ACT
grade 11
spring 2013
Integrated NRT/CRT
Integrated Louisiana Educational Assessment Program
							 (iLEAP)
grades 3, 5, 7, and 9
spring 2006-
i
LEAP
grade 9
spring 2010
(last administration
of grade 9
i
LEAP)
Special Population Assessments
Louisiana Alternate Assessment, Level 1 (LAA
							 1)
Students with Individualized Education Programs
							 (IEPs) who meet participation criteria in grades 311
spring 2000-2007
LAA 1
ELA and
Mathematics (grade spans 3-4; 5-6; 7-8; 9-10);
							 Science (grades 4, 8, and 11)
Revised spring 2008-
LAA 1 ELA and Mathematics
grade 9
spring 2010
(last administration
of grade 9 LAA 1)
Louisiana Alternate Assessment, Level 2 (LAA 2) ELA
							 and Mathematics (Grades 4 and 8
grades 4, and 8
spring 2006-spring 2014 (no longer
							 administered)
LAA 2
ELA and
Mathematics (Grade
10)
Science and Social
Studies (Grade 11)
grades 10 and 11
spring 2006-(available for students who have entered
							 a high school cohort in 13-14 or prior)
LAA 2 ELA and Mathematics
grades 5, 6, and 7
spring 2007-spring 2014 (no longer
							 administered)
LAA 2 ELA and Mathematics
grade 9
spring 2010
(last administration
of grade 9 LAA 2)
LAA 2
Science and Social
Studies
grades 4 and 8
spring 2008spring 2014 (no longer
							 administered)
Louisiana Alternate Assessment-B (LAA-B)
							 ["out-of-level" test]
Students with Individualized Education Programs
							 (IEPs) who met eligibility criteria in grades 3-11.
spring 1999 spring 2003 (no longer
							 administered)
English Language Development Assessment (ELDA)
Limited English Proficient (LEP) students in grades
							 K-12
spring 2005-
Academic Skills Assessment (ASA) and ASA LAA 2
							 form
Students pursuing a State-Approved Skills Certificate
							 (SASC) or GED
spring 2012
(one administration
only, spring 2012)
B.
				As a result of these initiatives, the SBESE in May, 1997 approved content
				standards in English language arts, mathematics, science, social studies,
				foreign languages, and the arts. The LDE initiated new criterion-referenced
				tests to align with these standards. In the 1997 Regular Session of the
				Louisiana Legislature, the state law was changed to require that
				criterion-referenced tests be given in grades 4 and 8 rather than in grades 3,
				5, and 7. In spring 2002, the new state criterion-referenced tests at grades 4,
				8, 10, and 11 were completely phased in and previous criterion-referenced tests
				were phased out.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  17:24.4.