The latest set of Arkansas school report cards is, like all other states this year, missing key data points as a result of the cancellation of spring exams in the 2019-20 school year due to pandemic-related school closures. Despite that, education officials said critical information...
According to Arkansas’ annual release of school letter grades—which are “based on each school’s federal ESSA Index Score, a numerical score of 1 to 100” calculated using a variety of factors—public schools in Northwest Arkansas “received relatively high marks this year.” Whereas the letter grade...
As Cynthia Howell reports for the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, “a total of 169 of Arkansas’ 1,026 school campuses earned A grades from the state for the 2018-19 school year, an increase of 17 over the previous year,” according to state education leaders. The letter grades...
Ginny Monk reports for Arkansas Online that state education officials who work with homeless children say Arkansas’ ESSA plan—which “will rank schools on a variety of factors, including absenteeism”—will “help identify needs and keep more students in school,” including children without stable housing, who “are...
Kaitlyn Rigdon reports for the El Dorado News-Times that the Arkansas Department of Education has released letter grades for the 2016-2017 school year, which are based on the state’s ESSA plan “School Index,” which “is comprised of multiple indicators, including achievement, growth rate, graduation rate,...
According to Arkansas Online, emergency rules for the state’s new A-F grading system recently received approval from the Arkansas Board of Education and will soon be presented to a legislative subcommittee. The “Arkansas Department of Education staff sought to revise the A-F school grading system...
According to Arkansas Online, the U.S. Dept. of Education has asked Arkansas education officials to address specific aspects of its ESSA plan, specifically those “that deal with base-line achievement data and interim measures of student progress.”
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After more than a year of prep, Arkansas’ ESSA plan is “nearly ready for its Sept. 18 submission to the U.S. Department of Education.”
The Arkansas Dept. of Education released the first draft of the state’s draft ESSA plan. The second draft plan will be available for public review and comment on May 15.
