Chapter XI

A. The District Performance Scores will be calculated using the same indices as School Performance Scores with displaced students excluded. Notes La. Admin. Code tit. 28 , § XI-4517 Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 32:1414 (August 2006), amended …

A. 1. Schools and districts shall receive a one year exclusion from the Subgroup Component in accountability if they: a. reside within the boundaries of parishes declared natural disaster areas by the President of the United States; and b. were closed due to the declared disaster…

A. A school district shall be labeled Academically in Crisis when: 1. more than 30 schools in the district are academically unacceptable; or 2. more than 50 percent of the district's enrollment attends academically unacceptable schools. B. The state superintendent shall notify th…

A. Kindergarten Entry Assessments. Each school district shall select and administer one assessment from among those recommended by the LDE and approved by the SBESE. The results of this assessment shall be used with the goals of informing efforts to close the school readiness gap…

A. Instruments approved for use beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year. School districts may use any of these instruments. Name of Instrument Publisher Developing Skills Checklist (DSC) (authorized through the 2017-2018 school year) CTB McMillan/McGraw-Hill GOLD Survey Teachi…

A. Louisiana students in grades 3-8 will participate in at least one of the following state assessments on an annual basis: 1. LEAP; or 2. LEAP connect. B. Louisiana students in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 will participate in at least one of the following state assessments: 1. High …

A. The test score of every student who is enrolled in any school in an LEA on October 1 of the academic year and who is eligible to take a test at a given school within the same LEA shall be included in the LEAs district performance score (DPS). The score of every student that wi…

A. The following applies to a transfer student who is a Louisiana resident transferring into a Louisiana public school district from an out-of-state school, nonpublic school, or approved home study program. 1. A transfer student is not required to take the LEAP 2025 tests for cou…

A. The LEAP Connect alternate assessment is a specially designed assessment program that evaluates students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. LEAP connect represents an assessment of connector standards relative to the general education components of the LEAP 2025…

A. The LEAP Connect is an assessment that evaluates each eligible students knowledge and skills in targeted areas. It is administered one-on-one and consists of items written at four levels of complexity to represent different levels of achievement by students. 1. The LEAP Connec…

A. NAEP, also known as the "nation's report card," reports its results from jurisdictions around the country. NAEP uses a random stratified sample to select school districts, schools within those districts, and students within those schools. B. NAEP is authorized to measure and r…

A. The NAEP assessment includes students with disabilities and limited English proficient students. B. Schools may exclude students with disabilities according to the following NAEP designed criteria: 1. the student's IEP team determines that the student cannot participate; 2. th…

A. A subgroup performance score shall be calculated for each school and district in the same manner as defined in Chapter 3 of this bulletin. 1. A subgroup performance score shall be calculated, at a minimum, for each major racial and ethnic group, as well as the following studen…

A. Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion). B. With prompting and support, confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by reque…

A. Answer questions about key details in a story (e.g., who, what, when, where, why). B. Ask questions about key details in a familiar story. C. Retell a favorite text, including key details. D. Use details to tell what happened in a story. E. Retell the sequence of events in a s…

A. Answer questions about key details in a text read, read aloud, or viewed. B. Discuss key details and main topic of a preferred text. C. Identify the main topic of an informational text. D. Retell/identify key details in an informational text. E. Describe the connection between…

A. Recognize rhyming words. B. Produce rhyming words. C. Identify long or short vowel sounds in spoken single-syllable words. D. Produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends. E. Isolate and/or produce initial in consonant-vowel-consonant…

A. Use phrases and clauses accurately within a sentence. B. When appropriate, use simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences when communicating. C. Use commas to separate coordinate adjectives. D. Spell words correctly. E. Use words, phrases, or gathered informatio…

A. Answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions from informational text. LAC.RF.2.2a Produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends. B. Isolate and/or produce initial, medial vowel, and/or final sounds in consonant-vowel-consonant…

A. Describe how the claims within a speaker's argument match own argument. B. Discuss how own view or opinion changes using new information provided by others. C. Use information and feedback to refine understanding or products. D. Use information and feedback to refine own think…

A. Complete a conversion table for length and mass within a single system. B. Identify the appropriate units of measurement for different purposes in a real life context (e.g., measure a wall using feet, not inches). C. Use the four operations to solve word problems involving dis…

A. Locate the x and y axis on a graph. B. Locate points on a graph. C. Use order pairs to graph given points. D. Find coordinate values of points in the context of a situation. E. Recognize properties of simple plane figures. F. Distinguish quadrilaterals by their properties. Not…

A. Write or select a ratio to match a given statement and representation. B. Select or make a statement to interpret a given ratio. C. Describe the ratio relationship between two quantities for a given situation. D. Complete a statement that describes the ratio relationship betwe…

A. Solve one step problems involving division of fractions by fractions. B. Divide multi-digit whole numbers. C. Solve one step, addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division problems with fractions or decimals. D. Find the greatest common multiple of two whole numbers less …

A. Identify what an exponent represents (e.g., 8 3 = 8 x 8 x 8). B. Solve numerical expressions involving whole number exponents. C. Evaluate expressions from formulas containing exponents for specific values of their variables. D. Use properties to produce equivalent expressions…

A. Apply the formula to find the area of triangles. B. Decompose complex shapes (polygon, trapezoid, pentagon) into simple shapes (rectangles, squares, triangles) to measure area. C. Find area of quadrilaterals. D. Find area of triangles E. Identify the appropriate formula (i.e.,…

A. Identify statistical questions and make a plan for data collection. B. Find the range of a given data set. C. Explain or identify what the mode represents in a set of data. D. Explain or identify what the mean represents in a set of data. E. Collect and graph data: bar graph, …

A. Find unit rates given a ratio. B. Determine unit rates associated with ratios of lengths, areas, and other quantities measured in like units. C. Solve one-step problems involving unit rates associated with ratios of fractions. D. Identify the proportional relationship between …

A. Explain the pattern for the sum or product for combinations of rational and irrational numbers. B. Determine the necessary unit(s) to use to solve real-world problems. C. Solve real-world problems involving units of measurement. Notes La. Admin. Code tit. 28 , § XI-9589 Promul…

A. Select or make an appropriate statement based on a two-way frequency table. B. Select or make an appropriate statement based on real world examples of conditional probability. Notes La. Admin. Code tit. 28 , § XI-9599 Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Educat…

A. Identify that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles. B. Identify a common pattern between models of different life cycles. Notes La. Admin. Code tit. 28 , § XI-9716 Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 44 1427 ( 8/1/2018 ). AUTHORITY NOTE:…

A. Describe that animals within a group help the group obtain food for survival, defend themselves, and survive changes in their ecosystem. Notes La. Admin. Code tit. 28 , § XI-9717 Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 44 1427 ( 8/1/2018 ). AUTHORITY…

A. Identify that living things may be made of one cell or many different numbers and types of cells. B. Using a model(s), identify the function of a cell as a whole. C. Using a model(s), identify special structures within cells are responsible for particular functions. D. Using a…

A. Describe the properties of waves using a model (e.g., drawings, diagrams) to show amplitude (height) and wavelength. B. Identify relationships involving wave amplitude, wavelength, and the motion of an object (e.g., when the amplitude increases, the object moves more). C. Iden…

A. Identify external macroscopic structures (e.g., bird beaks, eyes, feathers, roots, needles on a pine tree) that support growth, survival, behavior, and reproduction of organisms. B. Identify internal structures (e.g., heart, muscles, bones) that support growth, survival, behav…

A. Identify rock formations that show how the Earths surface has changed over time (e.g., change following earthquakes). B. Identify older fossils as being found in deeper, older rock layers. Notes La. Admin. Code tit. 28 , § XI-9725 Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Sec…

A. Use data to compare differences in the shape of the land due to the effects of weathering or erosion. B. Identify how living things affect the shape of the land. C. Use maps to locate different land and water features of Earth. D. Use maps to determine that earthquakes and vol…

A. Identify the origins of the natural sources humans use for energy and fuel. B. Identify environmental effects associated with the use of a given energy resource. C. Describe solutions to reduce the impact of a natural Earth process (e.g., earthquake, flood, volcanic activity) …

A. Identify in a model (e.g., picture, diagram) which shows that all matter can be broken down into smaller and smaller pieces until they are too small to be seen by human eyes. B. Identify using measurements that the total weight of matter is conserved when it changes form. C. I…

A. Identify that the gravitational force exerted by Earth on objects is directed down. Notes La. Admin. Code tit. 28 , § XI-9729 Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 34:2380 (November 2008), Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Educat…

A. Identify that the energy in animals' food was once energy from the sun. Notes La. Admin. Code tit. 28 , § XI-9730 Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 44 1429 ( 8/1/2018 ). AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:24.4 .

A. Identify that plants acquire material for growth chiefly from air and water, not from soil. Notes La. Admin. Code tit. 28 , § XI-9731 Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 34:2380 (October 2008), Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary…

A. Identify a model that shows the movement of matter (e.g., plant growth, eating, composting) through living things. Notes La. Admin. Code tit. 28 , § XI-9732 Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 44 1429 ( 8/1/2018 ). AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in …

A. Use graphical displays of data to describe the relationship of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object. B. Describe, using models, how changing distance changes the amount of potential energy stored in the system (e.g., carts at varying positions …

A. Identify how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave using a mathematical or graphical representation. B. Describe, using a model, how sound waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials (e.g., water, air, glass). C. Describe, using…

A. Use an Earth-sun-moon model to show that the Earth-moon system orbits the sun once an Earth year and the orbit of the moon around Earth corresponds to a month. B. Use an Earth-sun-moon model to explain eclipses of the sun and the moon. C. Use an Earth-sun-moon model to explain…

A. Repealed. B. Repealed. C. Accountability Council (Formerly the Accountability Commission) Established. 1. Authority-per BESE policy; 2. Referrals and responsibilities: a. advise the board regarding accountability issues and the state Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Plan; b. …