Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part XI - Accountability/Testing
Subpart 3 - Bulletin 118-Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
Chapter 51 - General Provisions
Section XI-5103 - Overview [Formerly LAC 28:CXL103]

A. The Louisiana Legislature in Regular Session during the summer of 1997 amended and reenacted R.S. 17:24.4(F) and (G)(1), relative to the Louisiana Competency-Based Education Program, to require proficiency on certain tests as determined by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (SBESE) for student promotion and to provide guidelines relative to the content of pupil progression plans.

B. The amendment and reenactment of the Louisiana Competency-Based Education Program was the result of an ever-increasing demand by Louisiana taxpayers for a better accounting of educational dollars. Act 621, the Public School Accountability Law statute initiated the following guidelines, which continue in the Louisiana Competency-Based Education Program. The Public School Accountability Law called for:

C. The Louisiana Competency-Based Education Program is based on the premise that the program must provide options to accommodate the many different learning styles of students. Every effort is made to tailor the test design and structure to the needs of individual students, including students with special instructional needs who subsequently need test accommodations.

D. The Louisiana Department of Education (LDE) will provide leadership and assistance to school districts in an effort to attain a public system of education that makes the opportunity to test successfully available to all students on equal terms.