La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § XI-5701

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section XI-5701 - Overview of Assessment Programs in Louisiana [Formerly LAC 28:CXI.701]
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

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

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), LR 40:2512 (December 2014), Amended LR 44465 (3/1/2018), Amended LR 442127 (12/1/2018), Amended LR 4615 (1/1/2020), Amended LR 47566 (5/1/2021), Amended LR 47721 (6/1/2021), Amended LR 4838 (1/1/2022), Amended LR 4945 (1/1/2023), Amended LR 49646 (4/1/2023).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:24.4.