Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 28 - EDUCATION › Part XI - Accountability/Testing › Subpart 3 - Bulletin 118-Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices › Chapter 57 - Assessment Program Overview › Section XI-5701 - Overview of Assessment Programs in Louisiana [Formerly LAC 28:CXI.701]

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 1999-2014
LEAP
(Science and Social Studies)
grades 4 and 8
spring 20002016 Social Studies spring 2000-
								Science
LEAP 2025
(ELA, Mathematics)
grades 3-8
Spring 2015-
LEAP 2025 (Science)
Spring 2019 -
LEAP 2025 (Social Studies)
grades 3-8
Spring 2017-
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-summer 2017
EOCT
English II
fall 2008- summer 2017
EOCT
Geometry
fall 2009 -summer 2017
EOCT
Biology
fall 2010-spring 2018 (continued for graduating
								senior and retesters in 2018-2019 only)
EOCT
Applied Algebra I form
spring 2011-summer 2013
EOCT
English III
fall 2011-summer 2019
(available for students who have entered a high
								school cohort prior to 2017-2018 school year-state administered)
(fall 2019-district administered)
EOCT
U. S. History
fall 2012-2017 (continued for graduating seniors
								and retesters in 2017-2018 only)
EXPLORE
grades 8 and 9
spring 2013-2015
PLAN
grade 10
spring 2013-2015
ACT
grade 11
spring 2013-
LEAP 2025
English I
English II
US History Geometry
Algebra I
fall 2017-
LEAP 2025
Biology
Fall 2018-
LEAP 2025
Civics
Fall 2023-
Innovative Assessment
ELA grade 7
fall 2021-
Innovative Assessment
ELA grades 6, 7, 8
fall 2022-
Integrated NRT/CRT
Integrated Louisiana Educational Assessment Program
								(iLEAP) (science and social studies)
grades 3, 5, 7
spring 2006-2017
i
LEAP (ELA and math)
Grades 3, 5, 7, and 9
spring 2006-2014 (grades 3, 5, 7) spring 2006-2010
								(grade 9)
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 Proficiency Test (ELPT)
English Learners (EL) in grades K-12
Beginning spring 2018
Special Population Assessments
LEAP Connect
Students with Individualized Education Programs
								(IEPs) who meet participation criteria in grades 3-11
ELA and Math Grades 3 to 8:. Spring 2018- ELA and
								Math Grade 11:. Spring 2019- Science grades 4, 8, 11: Spring 2020
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 2008-2017 (ELA and Math) (available
								for high school students who need to participate in 20172018 only)
Spring 2008-2019 (Science) (no longer
								administered)
LAA 1 ELA and Mathematics
grade 9
spring 2010-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 state administration of grade 9
								LAA 2)
LAA 2
Science and Social Studies
grades 4 and 8
spring 2008 spring 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
Proficiency Test (ELPT)
English Learners in grades K-12
spring 2018-
English Language Proficiency Test Connect (ELPT
								Connect)
English learners in grades K-12 who meet criteria
								for participation in alternate assessment
spring 2023-
English Language Development Assessment
								(ELDA)
Limited English Proficient (LEP) students in grades
								K-12
spring 2005-2017
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)
AUTHORITY
					 NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 17:24.4.