Louisiana Educational Assessment Program

Testing Schedule

2007-2008

TestGradesTesting DatesMakeup Dates
Fall 2007 retest administration (Old GEE) Re-testers October 23-27 2007 
Fall 2007 retest administration (GEE 21) (ELA/M/Sc/SS) Eligible re-testers October23-27 2007 
Spring Pretest Workshops  February 5-9 2007 
GEE 21 Seniors Only Retest Seniors Only February 12-16 2007 
LEAP Alternate Assessment 3 through 11 February 12-March 23 2007 
LEAP for the 21st Century (LEAP 21) (ELA/M/Sc/SS)      4 and 8 March 10-14, 2007 March 27-30, 2007
Graduation Exit Examination for the 21st Century (GEE 21) (ELA/M/Sc/SS)10,11, and eligible re-testersMarch 10-14, 2007March 27-30, 2007
Integrated Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (i LEAP)  3, 5, 6, 7, and 9March 10-14, 2007March 27-30, 2007
Field Test  April 16-20 2007 
Spring 2008 Retest Administration (old GEE) Re-testers* April 24-26, 2007 
Summer 2007 Retest Administration (GEE 21) (ELA/M) Eligible r-testers June 25-28 2007 
Summer 2008 Retest Administration (LEAP 21) (ELA/M) 4 and 8 June 25-28 2007 

Daylight Savings Time Ends October 30, 2007

Easter April 16, 2007
Mardi Gras February 28, 2007
Independence Day Tuesday, July 4, 2007
Daylight Savings Time begins April 2, 2007

~High school students who are classified as 10th graders in the fall of their second year in high school and as juniors by spring testing of their second year are permitted to take GEE 21 English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies for the first time during spring testing of their second year.

~Option 2 grade 8 students must take LEAP 21 as indicated in the above schedule and may take i LEAP 21 during makeup testing, as detailed in the test administration manuals.

*The old Graduation Exit Examination (GEE) is a district function.

NOTE: In the July 2007 retest, for students who test in three or four content areas of GEE 21, the schedule in the District and School Test Coordinators Manual for Summer 2007 must be followed.