Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part XI - Accountability/Testing
Subpart 3 - Bulletin 118-Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
Chapter 68 - LEAP 2025 Assessments for High School
Subchapter C - LEAP 2025 for High School Administrative Rules
Section XI-6821 - High School Test Cohorts [Formerly LAC 28:CXI.1821]
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XI-6821
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Students who entered traditional grade 9 in 2010 2011 through 2016-2017 are required to score level 2 (approaching basic/fair) or above on English II or English III, algebra I or geometry, and biology or U.S. history to be eligible for a standard high school diploma.
B. Students who enter traditional grade 9 during or after 2017-2018 are required to score Level 2 (approaching basic/fair) or above on English I or English II, algebra I or geometry, and biology or U.S. history to be eligible for a standard high school diploma.
1.For high
school seniors enrolled during spring 2021 and graduating by August 31, 2021,
and for high school seniors enrolled during spring 2022 and graduating by
August 31, 2022, the following may be substituted for the LEAP 2025 high school
assessment requirement, provided the student has initially participated in all
LEAP 2025 high school assessments.
a. an ACT
composite score of 17 or higher for all students; or
b. a score of Silver or higher on ACT
WorkKeys for students pursuing a Career Diploma; or
c. an ACT subject score of 17 or higher in
the corresponding LEAP 2025 high school assessment pair, as follows:
i. a score of 17 or higher on the ACT English
or Reading tests shall satisfy the English I/English II LEAP 2025 high school
assessment requirement;
ii. a score
of 17 or higher on the ACT Mathematics test shall satisfy the Algebra
I/Geometry LEAP 2025 high school assessment requirement; and
iii. a score of 17 or higher on the ACT
Science test shall satisfy the Biology/U.S. History LEAP 2025 high school
assessment requirement; or
d. the student participates in 20 or more
extended learning hours per LEAP 2025 high school assessment subject pair for
which the student has yet to achieve level 2 (approaching basic) or above, with
such instruction provided by a qualified teacher.
i. The instruction must take place following
the academic year, and the student must demonstrate proficiency corresponding
to level 2 (approaching basic) or above, as determined by either the school or
school system.
ii. For purposes of
this Section, a qualified teacher is defined as a teacher holding a valid and
current Louisiana teaching certificate or has received a final COMPASS
evaluation of effective: emerging or higher.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:24.4.
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