Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part CXI - Bulletin 118-Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
Chapter 13 - Graduation Exit Examination
Subchapter A - General Provisions
Section CXI-1301 - Introduction

A. The GEE is a criterion-referenced testing program that is directly aligned with the state content standards, which by law are as rigorous as those of NAEP. This test measures how well a student has mastered the state content standards. The GEE initially is administered at grades 10 and 11. Initial testers generally take the English Language Arts test and the Mathematics test at grade 10 and the Science test and Social Studies test at grade 11.

B. The last statewide administration was in the summer of 2014. The testing program then became the responsibility of the school districts, with the tests to be administered by the district.

C. The GEE tests are to be administered by the district test coordinators each year in October and April, as indicated on the statewide testing schedule, to former high school students who have earned Carnegie units but still need to pass the GEE to earn a high school diploma. Students are required to take only those parts of the GEE in which they did not attain the required performance standards.

D. All students who were enrolled in tenth grade for the first time in 2001-2002 through the 2010-2011 may be administered the test twice a year. There is no age limit for students who request a retest with GEE, nor is there a limit on the number of times the student may retake the test.

E. If the student was issued a GED or HISET and later passes the GEE, the student may surrender the GED or HISET diploma and be issued a standard high school diploma.