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Testing Treats |
Healthy Testing Treats |
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A Bubble of Confidence - Helping
Your Child Prepare for a
Standardized Test |
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The
2007 Released Test Item
documents (RIDs)
have now been posted to the
Louisiana State Department of
Education website.
This should
bring you to the Released Test
Items in PDF format for
all
grades and content areas going
back to 2000. They're a great
resource for helping students
become familiar with both the
style and the scoring of LEAP
and GEE test items, and can be
used for classroom practice.
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 iLEAP
Assessment Guides for Teachers
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LEAP and GEE Assessment
Guides for
ELA, Mathematics, Science, and
Social Studies are now up and
running! They are posted on the
State Department website in PDF
format, separated into chapters
by grade and content area for
easy use:
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/saa/1341.html
**Please make sure that you
print the Preface
in addition to your
content-specific chapter!**
Each individual content
chapter contains the following
sections:
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Test Structure, Item Types,
and Test Description
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Scoring Information (for
both multiple-choice and
constructed-response/short
answer items)
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Test Specifications:
describe the number of test
questions and points
assigned to strand/standard)
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Strands, Standards,
Benchmarks, and or
Dimensions Assessed
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Key Concepts: describe
skills/concepts students
should know and be able to
do on the statewide
assessment
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Sample Items (including at
least one sample for every
kind of item assessed)
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Benchmarks Across Grades (in
chart format)
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Achievement Level
Descriptors
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Math Reference Sheet (Math
chapter only) and Writer's
Checklist (ELA chapter
only)
Additionally, the
Appendices at the end
contain the following: a
glossary of assessment-related
terms; information regarding
testing accommodations/testing
special populations students;
detailed scoring information
regarding constructed-response
items, short answer items, and
the ELA writing prompt; and a
list of the general foundation
skills embedded in the
Louisiana Content Standards
across all grades and subjects.
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Ann Trappey created
the following resource list for Social
Studies teachers for iLEAP, LEAP and
GEE21:
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To locate the Louisiana
Department of Education on
the web:
www.louisianaschools.net
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To locate the new iLEAP
Guides:
(3rd, 5th,
6th, 7th,
9th grades)
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Go to
www.louisianaschools.net
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Click on the “Testing”
button that is found on
the second row of
buttons.
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Click on the button that
says “iLEAP Assessment
Guides.
Scroll down and find the
grade level that you
teach. Click on “Social
Studies.” Please study
the guide carefully. Pay
special attention to the
Social Studies Test
Specifications Table
that identifies the
strands that will be
tested in that grade
level. Special attention
should be paid to the
key concepts that are
listed for each strand.
GLEs are also listed.
Sample test items are
found at the end of each
of these guides.
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To locate the Teachers’
Guides to Statewide
Assessment: (4th,8th,10th,11th
grades)
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Go to
www.louisianaschools.net
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Click on the “Testing”
button that is found on
the second row of
buttons.
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On the extreme left hand
side of the page, the 8th
arrow down, click on
“Teachers’ Guides to
Statewide Assessment.”
Scroll down to find the
grade level that you
teach. Click on
“Introduction” and study
this section carefully.
Please pay special
attention to the
Overview of the Tests
section
and to the
Test Design
section.
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Return to the page that
listed the Introduction
and click on grade level
Assessment Framework
that you teach. Pay
special attention to the
“Alerts.”
Key Concepts, Content
Limits, and Description
of Test Questions
for each of the
strands are found in
this document. Sample
test items are found at
the end of this
document.
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To locate released test
items, sample questions,
practice tests, and LEAP
tutoring lessons:
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Go to
www.louisianaschools.net
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Click on the “Testing”
button that is found on
the second row of
buttons.
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Click on the “What’s
LEAP?” arrow.
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Select the area of
interest.
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To locate released test
items, sample questions,
practice tests, and
information on the GEE :
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Go to
www.louisianaschools.net
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Click on the “Testing ”
button that is found on
the second row of
buttons.
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Click on the “What’s
GEE?” arrow.
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Select the area of
interest.
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To locate “Pass” and “Pass
on Paper:”
(“Pass on Paper”
These questions are from the
online practice test, PASS
(Practice
Assessment/Strengthen
Skills), and are designed to
give students in grades 4,
8, 10, and 11 who may not
have easy access to a
computer the opportunity to
become familiar with the
test format and a sample of
the skills that are assessed
on the LEAP 21 and GEE 21.
PASS on Paper, Grades 4 and
8
PASS on Paper, Grades 10 and
11
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Go to
www.louisianaschools.net
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Click on the “Testing”
button that is found on
the second row of
buttons.
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Click on the “Pass”
ticket that is found on
the left hand side of
the page.
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For “Pass on Paper”
click on “Pass on Paper”
that is found beneath
the “Pass” ticket.
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To locate “Model Lessons,”
“Focused Learning Lessons,”
“Teacher-to Teacher
Lessons,” and the
Comprehensive Curriculum,
Content Standards, Grade
Level Expectations,
Opportunities and Resources:
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Go to
www.louisianaschools.net
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Click on the
“Curriculum” button that
is found on the first
row of buttons.
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On the right hand side
of the page select the
subject found under
“Instructional
Resources.” Click on the
arrow to find wonderful
information.
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