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 |
iLEAP (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) |
La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § XI-5701