Welcome to LEAP Night 2016 Hammond Junior High Magnet School Mrs. Lashana Hill, Principal

LEAP Test Dates April 25-29: Paper-Based Testing for English, Math and Science May 9-13: Social Studies

Testing Schedule Grade 7 and 8

Absences and Participation  Parents be sure your child get a good night’s rest the night before testing.  Make sure your child eat a balanced breakfast  It is of the utmost importance that your child be in class on time everyday through LEAP  It is also important that your child participate…now is NOT the time to mentally check out…it’s crunch time!  BE PREPARED AND DO YOUR BEST ON THE TEST

7 th and 8 th Grade Social Studies 2016 Spring Assessment

In , the social studies assessments administered to students in grades 3- 8 will be field tests only. As the purpose of a field test is to try out the questions to determine if they are functioning as intended, the assessments administered in the spring of 2016 will be shortened forms. In , new full-length social studies assessments will be developed from successful field-tested items and administered to students in grades 3-8. This will allow the Department of Education to end the multi-grade assessments in grades 4 and 8, and align the assessments in all tested grades to the 2011 Louisiana Social Studies Grade Level Expectations.

The field tests will be designed around item sets. One to four related source documents will anchor sets of three to five questions. Each question will ask about the source documents, but will also require students to bring in content knowledge to show their understanding of the issues surrounding the source documents. The questions in the sets will include selected response (i.e., multiple-choice and/or multiple select) questions and some sets will culminate with a short constructed response or technology-enhanced question. The field test will also include a task set composed of selected-response questions and an extended response. The task set will be similar to previous grade 7-8 iLEAP tasks, but will be scored using a 0-to-8-point, two-dimensional rubric measuring both content and claims. Each field test will also include a few discrete, selected-response questions.

Total Field Test Form 60 minutes 23 Selected Response 1 Constructed Response 2 Technology Enhanced 1 Extended Response

Item Types Selected Response includes traditional multiple-choice questions with four answer options and only one correct answer as well as multiple-select questions with more than four answer options and one or more correct answers. Multiple-select questions for grade 7 have five to six answer options. Students will fill in the number of correct answers identified in the stem of the question. Constructed Response requires a brief answer provided by the student and will be scored using a rubric with a 0-2 point scale. These items may require a brief paragraph, a few sentences, and/or completion of a chart. Some CR items may include two parts in order to support the assignment of 2 score points.

Item Types Technology Enhanced uses technology to capture student comprehension in authentic ways that until now have been difficult to score by machine for large-scale assessments. TE items are worth up to two points and may include item types such as, but not limited to, drag and drop, drop down menus, hot spots, and a text editor. Extended Response requires students to synthesize social studies content knowledge with evidence provided from three or four source documents to provide a written response and will be scored using a 0-to-8-point, two-dimensional rubric measuring both content and claims.

Social Studies Session 1: Item Sets and Discrete Items 30 minutes Session 2: Task Set 30 minutes Computer-Based Test Administration Schedule: Grade 7 Test Window: May 9, 2016 – May 13, 2016

Louisiana Dept. Of Education Resources ault-source/assessment / leap-guide-to-the-field-test-social-studies- grade-8.pdf?sfvrsn=6

8 th Grade Earth Science LEAP NIGHT Wednesday, March

Test Specifications for 8 th grade Science

Test Structure

How We Are Preparing Students: Comprehensive Curriculum Comprehensive Curriculum Technology Technology Test released items Test released items Project Based Learning Project Based Learning LEAP practice tests LEAP practice tests Real World application Real World application Enrichment/Intervention classes Enrichment/Intervention classes

7 th Grade Science LEAP Night 2016

Description of Stimulus Material The multiple-choice and task sessions of the grade 7 test may incorporate the following types of stimulus material: an excerpt from a text-based source data tables or graphs presenting data to be read or interpreted charts, illustrations, or graphic organizers descriptions and details of science investigations maps showing geographical features

Welcome to 8 th Grade Math

Breakdown of Test

How We Are Preparing Students: Intervention – Review of Basic Skills, Skills covered this year LEAP practice tests STRIDE Academy Internet Resources

 The LEAP is designed to assist Louisiana educators in understanding the LEAP mathematics assessment for grade 7, which will be administered in spring  All students in grades 3–8 will take the LEAP ELA and mathematics assessments

 Consistency with the rigor and types of questions used in the spring 2015 Louisiana assessments  Measurement of the full range of Louisiana content standards in ELA and mathematics  Ability to measure the full range of student performance, including the performance of high- and low- performing students

 Flexibility in test administration, with both paper- and computer-based testing available  Information for educators and parents about student readiness in ELA and mathematics and whether students are “on track” for college and careers  Comparison of Louisiana student performance with the performance of students in other states

 The LEAP mathematics assessment in grade 7 contains a total of 66 points.  The tasks on the LEAP mathematics test are aligned directly to the Louisiana Mathematics Standards for all sub- claims.

TEST SESSIONType I (points) Type II (points) Type III (points) Total (points) Session 1: No Calculator 2000 Session 2: Calculator Session 3: Calculator

 Reference Sheets Students in grade 7 will be provided a reference sheet.  Grade 7 ruler and protractor provided on the LEAP paper-based mathematics assessment  The LEAP mathematics test allows a four- function calculator in grade 7 during Sessions 2 and 3. Calculators are not allowed during Session 1 of the test

 Study Island   Louisiana Dept. of Education   Louisiana Dept. of Education Practice Test  tice-test-ela-grade-8.pdf?sfvrsn=5 tice-test-ela-grade-8.pdf?sfvrsn=5  Stride Academy 

7 th and 8 th Grade ELA

Introduction to LEAP The LEAP assessments will offer the following: Consistency with the rigor and types of questions used in the spring 2015 Louisiana assessments Measurement of the full range of Louisiana content standards in ELA and mathematics Ability to measure the full range of student performance, including the performance of high- and low-performing students Flexibility in test administration, with both paper- and computer-based testing available

Design of LEAP ELA Assessments The LEAP ELA Assessments focus on an integrated approach to reading and writing that reflects instruction in an effective ELA classroom: careful, close reading of complex grade-level literary and informational texts a full range of texts from across the disciplines, including science, social studies, and the arts tasks that integrate key ELA skills by asking students to read text(s), answer reading and vocabulary questions about the text(s), and then write using evidence from what they have read questions worth answering, ordered in a way that builds meaning a focus on students citing evidence from texts when answering questions about a specific passage or when writing about a set of related passages a focus on words that matter most in texts, that are essential to understanding a particular text, and that include context that allows a student to determine literal and figurative meanings

Session 1 Session 1 consists of the Research Simulation Task, which mirrors the research process by presenting three texts on a given topic. Students answer a set of selected- response questions about the texts and then write an extended response about some aspect of the related texts (e.g., analysis of argument, comparison/contrast of information, point of view or purpose, the use of illustrations in the texts).

Session 2 Session 2 consists of either the Literary Analysis Task (LAT) only or the Narrative Writing Task (NWT) and a set of selected-response questions based on 1-2 additional passage(s). The 1 or 2 passage set(s) that come after the NWT in Session 2 are included to balance the reading load between the LAT and the NWT and to provide consistent timing in sessions 2 and 3. The LAT and NWT are described below. Literary Analysis Task—provides students an opportunity to show their understanding of literature. It asks students to read two literary texts, answer a set of selected-response questions about the texts, and write an extended response that compares and/or explains key textual ideas or elements (e.g., analysis of plot and characterization; comparison of themes; influence of point of view, structure; interaction of literary elements). Narrative Writing Task—asks students to read a literary text, answer a set of selected- response questions about the text, and then create a narrative related to the text (e.g., finish the story; retell the story in another narrative form, such as a journal entry). Students should make sure that their response is a narrative, not an expository response.

Session 3 Session 3, Reading Literary and Informational Texts, asks students to read at least three texts and answer questions to show their understanding of each text. The reading selections may include fiction (e.g., short stories, novel excerpts, poems) and non- fiction (e.g., informational texts from across the disciplines of science, history, and the arts). Students will answer only selected- response questions about each text. No writing is included in this session.

Paper-Based Test Administration Schedule DAY 1 APRIL 25 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS SESSION 1: RESEARCH SIMULATION TASK 90 MINUTES DAY 2 APRIL 26 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS SESSION 2: LITERARY ANALYSIS TASK OR NARRATIVE WRITING TASK MINUTES DAY 3 APRIL 27 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS SESSION 3: Reading Literary and Informational Text Minutes

Research Simulation Writing Prompt

Research Simulation Exemplar Writing

Research Simulation Exemplar Writing, cont.

Literary Analysis Writing Prompt

Literary Analysis Exemplar Writing

Literary Analysis Exemplar Writing, cont.

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