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Title 28 - EDUCATIONPart CXI - Bulletin 118-Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
Chapter 7 - Assessment Program Overview
Section CXI-701 - Overview of Assessment Programs in Louisiana

La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CXI-701

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Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section CXI-701 - Overview of Assessment Programs in Louisiana
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-

iLEAP

grade 9

spring 2010

(last administration

of grade 9 iLEAP)

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.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CXI-701

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 31:1534 (July 2005), amended LR 32:235 (February 2006), LR 34:66 (January 2008), LR 34:1352 (July 2008), LR 35:218 (February 2009), LR 36:967 (May 2010), LR 37:858 (March 2011), LR 38:34 (January 2012), LR 39:74 (January 2013), LR 39:1019 (April 2013), LR 40:1319 (July 2014), Amended LR 32:235 (February 2006), LR 34:66 (January 2008), LR 34:1352 (July 2008), LR 35:218 (February 2009), LR 36:967 (May 2010), LR 37:858 (March 2011), LR 38:34 (January 2012), LR 39:74 (January 2013), LR 39:1019 (April 2013), LR 40:2512 (12/1/2014).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:24.4.