Louisiana's state writing assessment, rubric by rubric
LEAP 2025 is Louisiana's annual summative assessment program in English Language Arts and mathematics. The ELA writing portion uses constructed-response items across three task types, the Literary Analysis Task (LAT), the Research Simulation Task (RST), and the Narrative Writing Task (NWT).
LEAP 2025 uses analytic rubrics with two scored constructs. The Narrative Writing Task scores Written Expression and Knowledge of Language and Conventions. The Literary Analysis Task and Research Simulation Task share a single rubric per grade band that scores Reading Comprehension and Written Expression together as one construct, alongside Knowledge of Language and Conventions.
Grade 3 uses a tighter 0 to 3 scale on both constructs across all task types. Starting at Grades 4-5, the Expression construct (Written Expression on NWT or Reading Comprehension and Written Expression on LAT/RST) expands to a 0 to 4 scale on the LAT/RST rubric. The Grades 6-10 NWT and LAT/RST rubrics add a style criterion (tone is not assessed in Grade 6). Knowledge of Language and Conventions stays on a 0 to 3 scale across all grades and tasks.
The five Louisiana LEAP 2025 writing rubrics
Each LEAP rubric scores writing on two constructs, Written Expression (or Reading Comprehension and Written Expression on LAT/RST) and Knowledge of Language and Conventions. Grade 3 uses a 0 to 3 scale on both constructs. Grades 4-5 and 6-10 expand the Expression construct to a 0 to 4 scale while Conventions stays at 0 to 3.
Text-based analytical writing for the Literary Analysis Task (LAT) and Research Simulation Task (RST). Scored on Reading Comprehension and Written Expression (0 to 3) and Knowledge of Language and Conventions (0 to 3).
Text-based analytical writing for the Literary Analysis Task (LAT) and Research Simulation Task (RST). Scored on Reading Comprehension and Written Expression (0 to 4) and Knowledge of Language and Conventions (0 to 3).
Students write an elicited narrative story in response to a prompt. Scored on Written Expression (0 to 3) and Knowledge of Language and Conventions (0 to 3). The reading dimension is not scored for elicited narrative stories.
Text-based analytical writing for the Literary Analysis Task (LAT) and Research Simulation Task (RST). Scored on Reading Comprehension and Written Expression (0 to 4, which adds style) and Knowledge of Language and Conventions (0 to 3).
Students write an elicited narrative story in response to a prompt. Scored on Written Expression (0 to 4, which adds style; tone is not assessed in Grade 6) and Knowledge of Language and Conventions (0 to 3).
How LEAP 2025 scores writing
Every LEAP writing rubric scores responses on two analytic constructs. The first construct (Written Expression on NWT, or Reading Comprehension and Written Expression on LAT/RST) is the heavier of the two and carries the development, organization, and language-clarity descriptors. The second construct (Knowledge of Language and Conventions) is scored on a 0 to 3 scale across every grade band and task type.
Scored 0 to 3 at Grades 4-5 and 0 to 4 at Grades 6-10. The Grades 6-10 NWT adds a style criterion (effective, mostly effective, somewhat effective, limited, inappropriate). The reading dimension is not scored for elicited narrative stories. LEAP does not administer a Grade 3 NWT.
Scored 0 to 3 at Grade 3 and 0 to 4 at Grades 4-5 and 6-10. Combines comprehension of source ideas (stated explicitly and inferentially starting at Grades 4-5) with development of a claim or topic, organization, and language clarity. The Grades 6-10 rubric replaces the language-clarity descriptor with a style criterion.
Scored 0 to 3 across every grade band and task. Covers mechanics, grammar, and usage at an appropriate level of complexity for the grade. A 3 means a few minor errors but meaning is clear. A 0 means frequent and varied errors that impede understanding. The construct uses the same descriptor language across LAT, RST, and NWT.
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