State education officials say LEAP scores have improved for a second consecutive year. The latest results show a two-point jump from last year in the percentage of students considered proficient. State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley says that means 33-percent of students are scoring at the mastery rate or above.
“While I am encouraged, we must remain committed to the implementation of needed practice and policy shifts as too many students remain below proficiency,” said Brumley.
Brumley says for a state that struggles with literacy, he’s pleased to see the mastery rate for third graders in English Language Arts improved five points over last year to 43 for 2023.
“This is the first time the state of Louisiana has seen a gain in ELA since 2017-18,” said Brumley.
Brumley says it’s also encouraging to see last year’s third graders showed strong improvement in English Language Arts as fourth graders.
He says high school students improved in five out of six subject areas. Scores increased in algebra, biology, English I and II and Geometry.
Brumley says U-S history scores declined, but Louisiana is implementing a more rigorous set of social studies standars, called the Freedom Framework, which will be in place for the upcoming school year.
Seventy-five percent of Louisiana school systems improved during the 2022-23 school year.
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