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The following are sites for teachers that provide additional support in LEAP preparation for fourth grade students:

Teachers Guide to Statewide Assessment
Making the Grade:   This is the LPB broadcast program from the summer of 2001.  Each videotaped lesson has a written lesson to go along with it.  You can print these out, along with worksheets, to provide addditional instruction for your students.
LEAP 21 Tutoring:   This site provides the lessons and activities that were used for the LEAP21 tutoring program during the 2000-2001 school year. 
Sample Test Items from Other States: These sites contain sample assessment items that can be used to help prepare students for LEAP 21 and other valuable resources for teachers
Kentucky's Released Test Items for Math Print out this sample test to use as practice for the math portion of the LEAP assessment. Be patient as it downloads.
Kentucky's Released Test Items for Reading Print out this sample test to use as practice for the reading portion of the LEAP assessment.  Be patient as it downloads.
Interactive Online Sample Tests Click on the subject tests for Grades 3, 4, and 5 for practice test questions.
Curriculum Associates Free Sample Pages  There are many different types of pages you can download.  If you like what you see, you can order the complete book.  These are excellent preparation materials for the LEAP test.
Sample LEAP test (Spring, 2001) and Sample LEAP Test (Spring, 2000), have been released from the Louisiana Department of Education
LEAP Released Test Items Find out more about the composition of the LEAP test and examples from the different achievement levels
Learning Shortcuts cover the main subjects taught in each grade level and match textbook material. Topics you find here are ones that standardized tests deal primarily with. 
Preparing for Proficiency Tests provides good test preparation material.

The following are links, categorized by subject area, that contain helpful sites for both students and teachers in that particular discipline.

Language Arts

Math

Social Studies

Science

General Sites

Great "Teacher" Sites

 

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