BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - The LEAP test is an exam dreaded by students, parents, and teachers. Many find that the test isn't always fair, doesn't always work, and there's been controversy from day one.

Before the LEAP test was administered in March, students would have taken several multiday exams, including two trial tests and two quarterly exams. Add a career-exploration test, and standardized ...

The Louisiana Department of Education released its results from the 2022-23 school year LEAP test. The LEAP test assesses students on their proficiency in English, Language Arts, Math, Science, and ...

WWNO continues its series "Behind the Test" with a look at standardized testing through the lens of test anxiety. In the weeks leading up to the LEAP test, teachers do a lot to prepare students: ...

A Louisiana parent is driven mad by the state’s LEAP tests, the standardized assessment it inflicts on fourth and eighth grade public school students, with the goal of imposing “accountability” on ...