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LEAP Test 101

LEAP Test 101. Purpose of Meeting. Empowering parents Opening teacher/parent information. LEAP Test Basics. All fourth graders must pass the LEAP test in order to be promoted to fifth grade. Students must also pass the report card to be promoted. Summer school = LEAP only.

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LEAP Test 101

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  1. LEAP Test 101

  2. Purpose of Meeting • Empowering parents • Opening teacher/parent information

  3. LEAP Test Basics • All fourth graders must pass the LEAP test in order to be promoted to fifth grade. • Students must also pass the report card to be promoted. • Summer school = LEAP only

  4. LEAP Test Components • English Language Arts • Writing • Reading and Responding • Research to Build Knowledge • Language • Math • Science • Social Studies

  5. Passing the LEAP Test • Achievement Levels: • Advanced: A student at this level has demonstrated superior performance beyond the level of mastery. • Mastery: A student at this level has demonstrated competency over challenging subject matter and is well prepared for the next level of schooling. • Basic: A student at this level has demonstrated only the fundamental knowledge and skills needed for the next level of schooling. • Approaching Basic: A student at this level has only partially demonstrated the fundamental knowledge and skills needed for the next level of schooling. • Unsatisfactory: A student at this level has not demonstrated the fundamental knowledge and skills needed for the next level of schooling. • Students must pass ELA and Math tests with at least one Basic and one Approaching Basic or above

  6. Writing • Writing in response to reading • Evidence-based writing (must use the text to support the written response) • Includes one or two passages • Emphasis on informational text • Includes grade-level vocabulary

  7. Reading and Responding • Several reading passages, both literary and informational texts • Multiple-choice items that measure reading comprehension • Multiple-choice items that measure important vocabulary in the passages • Complex constructed-response items that ask students to analyze one or two passages and use evidence from the text(s) in their written responses

  8. Reading and Responding

  9. Reading and Responding

  10. Reading and Responding

  11. Research to Build Knowledge • A focus on text-rich resources (articles from magazines, book excerpts, web pages, etc.) and related ancillary materials (charts, graphs, diagrams, etc.) that fit the grade 4 standards • Test items that measure reading comprehension, including defining important vocabulary, as well as explaining the structure of the sources • Test items that measure research skills that include categorizing information and providing a list of sources

  12. Language • One passage • Identify corrections in errors for capitalization, punctuation, usage, and spelling.

  13. Language Example

  14. Math

  15. Math

  16. Math Constructed Response Example

  17. Math Multiple Choice Example: • Advanced

  18. Mastery

  19. Math Multiple Choice Example: • Basic

  20. Math Multiple Choice Example: • Approaching Basic

  21. Science • 40 MC items (across 5 strands) • Science as Inquiry • Physical Science • Life Science • Earth and Space Science • Science and the Environment • 4 CR (short-answer) items (2 points) • Comprehensive Science Task • 3 CR (short-answer) items (inquiry strand) • 1 extended CR item (4 points) related to content strand

  22. Science Multiple Choice Example • Advanced

  23. Science Multiple Choice Example • Mastery

  24. Science Multiple Choice Example • Basic

  25. Science Multiple Choice Example • Approaching Basic

  26. Science Example – Constructed Response

  27. Science Example – Constructed Response

  28. Science Example – Constructed Response

  29. Science Example – Constructed Response

  30. Social Studies Multiple Choice Example • Advanced

  31. Social Studies Multiple Choice Example • Mastery

  32. Social Studies Multiple Choice Example • Basic

  33. Social Studies Multiple Choice Example • Approaching Basic

  34. Social Studies • 50 MC Items (across 4 strands) • Geography • Civics • Economics • History • Extended CR item (4 points) • 4 items (1 per strand)

  35. Social Studies Example – Constructed Response

  36. Social Studies Example – Constructed Response

  37. Social Studies Example – Constructed Response

  38. Social Studies Example – Constructed Response

  39. Social Studies Example – Constructed Response

  40. What can you do to help prepare your fourth grader? • Planner • Attendance • Behavior • Homework • Grades/Effort • Communication • LEAP Packet • Read • Math Facts

  41. LEAP Test Dates • Practice Test: December 2013 • Phase I (Writing and Math Constructed Response): March 18, 2014 • Phase II (ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies): April 7-10, 2014

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