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LEAP/ iLEAP
Testing Information:
LEAP High Stakes Testing Policy
 
A student may not be promoted to the 5th 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 grade LEAP and at the Approaching Basic achievement level on the other (hereafter referred to as the Basic/Approaching Basic combination). For promotional purposes; however, a student shall score at or above the Basic/Approaching Basic combination on the English Language Arts and Mathematics components of LEAP only one time.
LEAs shall offer a minimum of 50 hours per subject of summer remediation and retest opportunities in English language arts and mathematics at no cost to students who did not take the spring LEAP tests or who scored Approaching Basic and/or Unsatisfactory on the English Language Arts and/or Mathematics component (s) on the spring tests. The LEA shall provide transportation to and from the assigned LEAP remediation summer site(s) from, at a minimum, a common pick-up point.
In order to move students toward grade level performance, LEAs shall design and implement additional instructional strategies for students in grades 3 and 4 who have been determined to be at risk of failing to achieve the Basic/Approaching Basic combination on LEAP, and for 4th grade students being retained. The purpose of the additional instructional strategies is to move the students to grade-level proficiency by providing the following:
 
  • Focused intervention in the subject area(s) on which a student scored at the  Approaching Basic and/or Unsatisfactory level on the iLEAP; 
  • Focused remediation for those 4th grade students repeating the grade as a result of failing ELA and/or math on the LEAP;
  • Ongoing instruction in the core subject areas using curricula based on State-level content standards and the Grade-Level Expectations.
Additional Links for Parents and Students:
 
To help students prepare for the test, click here for released LEAP test items from previous years.
 
For additional information and LEAP/iLEAP help, please go to the Kid Friendly Links under the Parents section of our website.