St. Helena may slip on LEAP, iLEAP
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GREENSBURG — St. Helena Parish public school students lost ground or achieved only minimum gains in the state’s most recent LEAP and the iLEAP tests, officials said.
The school system’s testing coordinator, Gloristine Tanner, said Friday that school officials are regrouping to help students improve on weaknesses identified in the test results.
Tanner gave an update by phone on the iLEAP, or Integrated Louisiana Educational Assessment Program, test results made available to administrators by the State Board of Education on Friday, saying the “deficiencies were quite evident.”
Tanner did not elaborate further or provide any numbers.
Superintendent Amy Westbrook had reported at Thursday’s School Board meeting the district had failing scores in the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program test results for fourth- and eighth-graders.
She said, however, that until iLEAP scores — tests given to public school students in third, fifth, sixth, seventh and ninth grades — and dropout and attendance data are calculated, she could not predict a trend in growth or performance scores.
To advance to the next grade, public school students have to reach Basic standards on the math and English portion of the tests; and they must achieve Approaching Basic levels in science and social studies.
In other business the School Board met in a closed session to conduct an employee disciplinary hearing, but took no action to terminate a tenured school bus driver for “willful neglect of duty/insubordination.”
Westbrook had recommended firing the bus driver, Rochelle Williams, effective March 30.
Board President Elijah Harvey Jr. said Thursday that Williams would remain on unpaid leave while her case is under review.
The school system’s testing coordinator, Gloristine Tanner, said Friday that school officials are regrouping to help students improve on weaknesses identified in the test results.
Tanner gave an update by phone on the iLEAP, or Integrated Louisiana Educational Assessment Program, test results made available to administrators by the State Board of Education on Friday, saying the “deficiencies were quite evident.”
Tanner did not elaborate further or provide any numbers.
Superintendent Amy Westbrook had reported at Thursday’s School Board meeting the district had failing scores in the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program test results for fourth- and eighth-graders.
She said, however, that until iLEAP scores — tests given to public school students in third, fifth, sixth, seventh and ninth grades — and dropout and attendance data are calculated, she could not predict a trend in growth or performance scores.
To advance to the next grade, public school students have to reach Basic standards on the math and English portion of the tests; and they must achieve Approaching Basic levels in science and social studies.
In other business the School Board met in a closed session to conduct an employee disciplinary hearing, but took no action to terminate a tenured school bus driver for “willful neglect of duty/insubordination.”
Westbrook had recommended firing the bus driver, Rochelle Williams, effective March 30.
Board President Elijah Harvey Jr. said Thursday that Williams would remain on unpaid leave while her case is under review.
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