Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part LXXXIII - Bulletin 111-The Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System
Chapter 3 - School Performance Score Component
Section LXXXIII-301 - School Performance Score Goal

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code LXXXIII-301

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. A school performance score (SPS) shall be calculated for each school. This score shall range from 0.0 to 150.0.

B. Each school shall receive its school performance scores under one site code regardless of its grade structure.

C. Final accountability results shall be issued by the fall semester of each year and all accountability reports will reflect the configuration of the school as it existed the prior spring semester.

1. For K-7 schools, the school performance score will consist entirely of one index based on assessments and progress points listed in the table below.

2. For K-8 schools, the school performance score will consist of an assessment index, dropout/credit accumulation index, and progress points.

K-8 School Performance Score Indices and Weights

LEAP, iLEAP, EOC, and LAA 1

Grades K-7

100 percent

Grades K-8

95 percent

Dropout/Credit Accumulation Index

Grade 8

5 percent

Progress Points

Grades 3-8

Up to 10 points

3. For schools with a grade 12, the school performance scores will include four indicators weighted equally and progress points as outlined in the table below.

High School Performance Score Indices and Weights

End of Course Tests, LAA 1

Grades 9-12

25 percent

ACT*

(Beginning in 2015-16, the ACT index shall also recognize WorkKeys. A concordance table comparing ACT to WorkKeys will be produced after the Spring 2015 administration.)

Grade 12 and graduating students with last enrollment as grade 11

25 percent

Graduation Index

Grade 12

25 percent

Graduation Rate

Grade 12

25 percent

Progress points

Grades 10 and 12

Up to 10 points

*When calculating a schools ACT index score, students participating in the LAA 1 assessment shall not be included in the denominator of such calculation.

4. A combination school (a school with a grade configuration that includes a combination from both categories of schools, K-8 and 9-12), will receive a score from a weighted average of the SPS from the K-8 grades and the SPS from the 9-12 grades.
a. The K-8 SPS will be weighted by the number of students eligible to test during the spring test administration.

b. The 9-12 SPS will be weighted by the sum of:
i. assessment units from students who are initial testers for EOC + the students eligible to test ACT (students with EOC and ACT will count only one time);

ii. cohort graduation units from the number of members of the cohort used as the denominator in the graduation index calculation and the graduation rate (students in cohort will count only one time).

5. For schools with configurations that include grades 9-11, but do not have a grade 12, the school performance score will consist of the indices available.

D. Progress Points

1. The school performance score will also be affected by the progress points earned from growth calculated for the non-proficient student subgroup (i.e., super subgroup).

2. To be eligible for K-8 progress points, the school must have:
a. at least 10 students in the non-proficient subgroup, as identified for subgroup membership based on prior year assessment scores only (i.e. students may be proficient or non-proficient in the current year) in ELA or mathematics; and

b. more than 50 percent (i.e. 50.001+) of the students in the non-proficient subgroup exceed their expected score, as determined by the value-added model for students in grades K-8;

c. if Subparagraphs 2.a and 2.b are met, then the number and the percent of students will be multiplied by 0.1, and the higher of the two products will be used to assign progress points. For students who earn an unsatisfactory on LEAP or iLEAP, the multiplier will be 0.1. For students who earn an approaching basic on LEAP or iLEAP in the prior year, the multiplier will be 0.05.

3. To be eligible for high school progress points in 2014-2015 (2015 SPS), the school shall meet either Subparagraph a or b of this Paragraph, whichever is greater in total:
a. at least 10 students in the non-proficient subgroup, as identified for subgroup membership based on the most recent of the two previous years state assessment scores in ELA or mathematics and a minimum of 30 percent of the students in the non-proficient subgroup score at the top of the expected score range or higher, as determined by the ACT series. If both conditions are met, then the number and the percent of students will be multiplied by 0.1, and the higher of the two products will be used to assign progress points.
i. For students who earned an unsatisfactory on LEAP or iLEAP or needs improvement on end-of-course tests in prior year(s), the multiplier will be 0.2.

ii. For students who earned an approaching basic on LEAP or iLEAP or a fair on end-of-course tests in prior year(s), the multiplier will be 0.1.

iii. Schools can earn a maximum of 10 progress points to be added to the SPS.

NOTE: EXPLORE predicts PLAN and PLAN predicts ACT. As an example, if EXPLORE predicted a student would score between 17 and 19 on the PLAN, the student must score a 19 or higher in order to potentially earn progress points for the school.

b. at least 10 students in the non-proficient subgroup, as identified for subgroup membership based on the most recent of the two previous years state assessment scores in ELA or mathematics and more than 50 percent (i.e. 50.001+) of the students in any one of the four non-proficient subgroups (ELA EXPLORE to PLAN, ELA PLAN to ACT, math EXPLORE to PLAN, math PLAN to ACT) score above the median of the expected score range or higher, as determined by the ACT series. If both conditions are met, then the number and the percent of students will be multiplied by 0.1, and the higher of the two products will be used to assign progress points.
i. For students who earned an unsatisfactory on LEAP or iLEAP or needs improvement on end-of-course tests in prior year(s), the multiplier will be 0.1.

ii. For students who earned an approaching basic on LEAP or iLEAP or a fair on end-of-course tests in prior year(s), the multiplier will be 0.05.

iii. Schools can earn a maximum of 10 progress points to be added to the SPS.

NOTE: EXPLORE predicts PLAN and PLAN predicts ACT. As an example, if EXPLORE predicted a student would score between 15 and 19 on the PLAN, the student must score a 18 or higher (median is 17) in order to potentially earn progress points for the school.

c. Beginning in 2015-2016 (2016 SPS), only schools earning progress points through 3.b shall be applicable.
i. For combination schools that include both middle and high school grades (e.g., 6-12), the progress points shall be calculated by adding the points earned from each test group together. For sums that are greater than 10, a maximum of 10 points will be awarded.

d. For the 2016-2017 school year (2017 SPS), due to the inability to calculate EXPLORE to PLAN progress points due to the elimination of the EXPLORE assessment, the average of EXPLORE to PLAN points earned in the two previous years (2014-2015 and 2015-2016) will be used for the 2016- 2017 school year SPS in combination with the points earned based on PLAN to ACT growth in 2016-2017. As in prior years, schools may earn up to 10 points total.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:10.1.

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