Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part CXI - Bulletin 118-Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
Chapter 7 - Assessment Program Overview
Section CXI-701 - Overview of Assessment Programs in Louisiana
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Norm-Referenced and Criterion-Referenced Testing Programs Since 1986
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Name of Assessment Program |
Assessment Population |
Administered |
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Kindergarten Screening |
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Kindergarten Developmental Readiness Screening Program (KDRSP) |
Kindergarten |
fall 1987- |
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Norm-Referenced Tests (NRTs) |
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California Achievement Test (CAT/F) |
grades 4, 6, and 9 |
spring 1988-spring 1992 (no longer administered) |
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California Achievement Test (CAT/5) |
grades 4 and 6 grade 8 |
spring 1993-spring 1997 spring 1997 only (no longer administered) |
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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) |
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ITBS ITED (form M) |
grades 3, 5, 6, and 7 grade 9 |
spring 1999-spring 2002 (no longer administered) |
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ITBS ITED (form B) |
grades 3, 5, 6, and 7 grade 9 |
spring 2003-spring 2005 (no longer administered) |
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ITBS |
grade 2 |
spring 2012-spring 2013 (no longer administered) |
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Criterion-Referenced Tests (CRTs) |
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National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) |
grades 4, 8, and 12 |
spring 1990- |
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Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) |
grades 3, 5, and 7 |
spring 1989-spring 1998 (no longer administered) |
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Graduation Exit Examination ("old" GEE) |
grades 10 and 11 |
spring 1989-spring 2003 (state administered) fall 2003-(district administered) |
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Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) (ELA and Mathematics) |
grades 4 and 8 |
spring 1999- |
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LEAP (Science and Social Studies) |
grades 4 and 8 |
spring 2000 |
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Graduation Exit Examination (GEE) (ELA and Mathematics) |
grade 10 |
spring 2001-fall 2014 (district administered) |
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GEE (Science and Social Studies) |
grade 11 |
spring 2002-fall 2014 (district administered) |
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End-Of-Course Tests (EOCT) |
Algebra I |
fall 2007- |
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EOCT |
English II |
fall 2008- |
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EOCT |
Geometry |
fall 2009- |
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EOCT |
Biology |
fall 2010- |
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EOCT |
Applied Algebra I form |
spring 2011-summer 2013 |
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EOCT |
English III |
fall 2011- |
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EOCT |
U. S. History |
fall 2012- |
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EXPLORE |
grades 8 and 9 |
spring 2013 |
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PLAN |
grade 10 |
spring 2013 |
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ACT |
grade 11 |
spring 2013 |
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Integrated NRT/CRT |
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Integrated Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (iLEAP) |
grades 3, 5, 7, and 9 |
spring 2006- |
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iLEAP |
grade 9 |
spring 2010 (last administration of grade 9 iLEAP) |
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Special Population Assessments |
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Louisiana Alternate Assessment, Level 1 (LAA 1) |
Students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) who meet participation criteria in grades 311 |
spring 2000-2007 |
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LAA 1 |
ELA and Mathematics (grade spans 3-4; 5-6; 7-8; 9-10); Science (grades 4, 8, and 11) |
Revised spring 2008- |
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LAA 1 ELA and Mathematics |
grade 9 |
spring 2010 (last administration of grade 9 LAA 1) |
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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) |
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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) |
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LAA 2 ELA and Mathematics |
grades 5, 6, and 7 |
spring 2007-spring 2014 (no longer administered) |
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LAA 2 ELA and Mathematics |
grade 9 |
spring 2010 (last administration of grade 9 LAA 2) |
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LAA 2 Science and Social Studies |
grades 4 and 8 |
spring 2008spring 2014 (no longer administered) |
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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) |
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English Language Development Assessment (ELDA) |
Limited English Proficient (LEP) students in grades K-12 |
spring 2005- |
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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.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:24.4.
