High Stakes Testing Policy

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• High Stakes Testing Policy
• Grades 4 and 8
• Revised May 2008

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Current Policy

• A student may not be promoted to the 5th or 9th
  grade until he or she has scored at or above the
  Basic achievement level on either the English
  Language Arts or Mathematics component on the 4th
  or 8th grade LEAP and at the Approaching Basic
  achievement level on the other.

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Policy Exceptions

• Grades 4 and 8
• LAA 1 and LAA 2 promotion decisions
• Waiver for LEP students
• Policy Override (A/U or M/U)
• Waiver for Extenuating Circumstances
• State-Granted Exception

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Policy Exceptions, contd.

• Grade 4 only
• Appeal
• Grade 8 only
• AB/AB Waiver
• B/U Override

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4th Grade Progression
Basic/Approaching Basic
Below Basic/Approaching Basic
Offered Summer School
Promoted to Grade 5
Offered Retest
Below B/AB Combination
Basic/Approaching Basic
Retained in Grade 4
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4th Grade ProgressionRepeaters
Below Basic/Approaching Basic
Basic/Approaching Basic
Offered Summer School
Promoted to Grade 5
Offered Retest
Below B/AB Combination
Basic/Approaching Basic
Promoted to Grade 5
Retained in Grade 4
or
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AB/AB Waiver - 8th grade

• After the summer retest, a student may be
  promoted to the 9th grade, provided that
• He/she has scored at the Approaching Basic (AB)
  level on both the ELA and Math components of LEAP
  
• The student attended summer remediation.
• The student has retaken the component(s) (ELA or
  Math) of the summer retest on which he/she scored
  AB or below on the spring test.

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B/U Override 8th grade

• The LEA may override State policy for 8th grade
  students scoring at the Unsatisfactory level in
  ELA or math, if the student scores at the Basic
  level in the other, provided that
• the student scores AB or above in Science and
  Social Studies
• the student had overall 2.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale
• the student had minimum 92 attendance during
  school year
• the decision is in accordance with the local PPP,
  which may include a referral to the SBLC
• the student participated in both the spring and
  summer administrations of LEAP and attended the
  summer program offered by the district
• parental consent is granted

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8th Grade RetentionInitial

• Students who do not meet the passing standard
  (B/AB) or the criteria for any Board- approved
  exceptions will
• repeat the 8th grade or
• enter the Pre-GED/Skills Option Program (if
  eligible).

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8th Grade RetentionRepeaters

• Students who have repeated the 8th grade may be
  either
• retained again in the 8th grade
• promoted to the 9th grade.
• placed in Pre-GED.

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Grade 8 Initial
MEETS THE STANDARD Basic/Approaching Basic
DOES NOT MEET THE STANDARD
Offered Summer Remediation and Retest
B/AB
OR
9th Grade
Does not meet the standard or the criteria for
the waiver or override
AB/AB Waiver
OR
B/U Override
Pre-GED/Skills Option
Repeat 8th Grade
OR
To be considered for the waiver or override,
students must attend summer remediation and take
the retest. All other criteria for the override
(HSTP) must be met.
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Grade 8 Repeaters
MEETS THE STANDARD Basic/Approaching Basic
DOES NOT MEET THE STANDARD
Offered Summer Remediation and Retest
9th Grade
AB/U
U/U
If a student goes to 9th grade with an
Unsatisfactory in ELA or math, that student will
be required to enroll in and pass a H.S. remedial
course (in the Unsatisfactory component) before
enrolling in H.S. ELA or math for Carnegie credit.
Pre-GED/Skills Option
Repeat 8th Grade
OR
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LDE Contacts High Stakes LEAP
Remediation susan.mccurley_at_la.gov jeanette.hidalgo
_at_la.gov sharon.compton_at_la.gov Other Policy
Issues nancy.beben_at_la.gov [phone]
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