La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § XI-409
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section XI-409 - Calculating a 9-12 Assessment Index [Formerly LAC 28:LXXXIII.409]A. All operational high school LEAP 2025 tests will be used in the calculation of the grade 9-12 assessment index. 1. All subjects will be weighted equally.2. The performance level will be used in the calculation of the assessment index as described in the chart below. High School LEAP 2025 Performance Level | Index Points |
Advanced | 150 |
Mastery | 100 |
Basic | 80 |
Approaching Basic | 0 |
Unsatisfactory | 0 |
3. Test scores of basic, mastery, or advanced earned by students at a middle school will be included in the SPS calculations of the high school to which the student transfers as well. The scores for the high school will be included in the accountability cycle that corresponds with the students' first year of high school. LEAP 2025 approaching basic and unsatisfactory achievement levels will not be transferred, or banked, to the high school. Students will retake the test during summer remediation or at the high school, and the highest achievement level earned by the student from the first (middle school) or second administration of the test will be used in the calculation of the high school assessment index in the first year of high school.4. Students who are completing their third year in high school must have taken the algebra I and English II tests, or LEAP connect. If they do not, the students will be assigned a score of zero and be counted as non-participants in high school testing. All students must be included in the assessment cohort regardless of course enrollment, grade assignment or program assignment.5. Beginning in the 2018-2019 school year, the grade 9-12 assessment index will also include a measure of progress to English language proficiency for English learners. Every English learners improvement on the English language proficiency exam counts in equal weight to all other exams.B. Beginning no earlier than the 2019-2020 school year, the ninth through twelfth grade assessment index will also include a measure of progress to English language proficiency for English learners. English learner improvement on the English language proficiency exam counts in equal weight to all other exams. 1. The 2018-2019 school year will be a designated learning year. a. English language proficiency progress results will be calculated but not be included in 2018-2019 school performance scores.b. As required by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), performance on the English language proficiency progress measure may be used for the purposes of identifying schools requiring comprehensive intervention in 2018-2019.c. The Accountability Commission will review learning year results no later than August 2019.2. For measuring progress on the ELPT assessment, the overall proficiency score will be divided into the following levels:a. emerging: all domain scores are one or two;b. progressing 1: at least one domain score of three and the lowest domain score is one;c. progressing 2: at least one domain score of three and the lowest domain score is two;d. progressing 3: at least one domain score of three and the lowest domain score is three; ande. transitioning: all domain scores are four or five.3. Each English learner expected trajectory to proficiency will be determined as follows. a. The initial proficiency level for each English learner will be determined based on the ELPT assessment results from the school year in which the student was first enrolled in a Louisiana public school and identified as an English learner in 2017-2018, whichever is most recent.b. For students first identified in kindergarten through fifth grade, consider the initial ELPT proficiency level and number of years identified using the following table. Trajectory to English Language Proficiency: Students First Identified in Grades PK-5 |
Initial ELPT Proficiency Level | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 and Beyond |
Emerging (E) | P1 | P2 | P3 | T |
Progressing 1 (P1) | P2 | P3 | T | T |
Progressing 2 (P2) | P3 | T | T | T |
Progressing 3 (P3) | T | T | T | T |
Transitioning (T) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
c. For students first identified in six through twelfth grade, consider the initial ELPT proficiency level and number of years identified using the following table. Trajectory to English Language Proficiency: Students First Identified in Grades 6-12 |
Initial ELPT Proficiency Level | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 | Year 7 and Beyond |
Emerging (E) | P1 | P2 | P2 | P3 | P3 | T |
Progressing 1 (P1) | P2 | P2 | P3 | P3 | T | T |
Progressing 2 (P2) | P2 | P3 | P3 | T | T | T |
Progressing 3 (P3) | P3 | T | T | T | T | T |
Transitioning (T) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
d. An ELPT score exceeds the trajectory if the score is at least one level higher than expected and meets the trajectory if the score is the same level as expected based on the tables above.4. The level of progress on the ELPT assessment shall be included in the high school assessment index for each English learner according to the following table. ELPT Progress Assessment Index Points |
Outcome | ELP Index Points |
ELPT level exceeds trajectory | 150 |
ELPT level meets trajectory | 100 |
ELPT level is at least one above the prior year | 80 |
ELPT level is the same or lower than the prior year | 0 |
5. Weight each ELP index score by two.La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § XI-409
Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 32:1021 (June 2006), amended LR 33:252 (February 2007), LR 36:1989 (September 2010), LR 37:2118 (July 2011), repromulgated LR 37:2382 (August 2011), amended LR 37:3200 (November 2011), LR 38:1212 (May 2012), LR 38:2357 (September 2012), LR 38:3106 (December 2012), LR 39:305 (February 2013), LR 39:1421 (June 2013), LR 40:1314 (July 2014), LR 41:2579 (December 2015), LR 42:548 (April 2016), Amended LR 44448 (3/1/2018), Amended LR 45222 (2/1/2019), Amended LR 4614 (1/1/2020), Amended LR 47445 (4/1/2021)AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6 and 17:10.1.