The Arkansas Dept. of Education announced the state will submit their final ESSA plan in September. The dept. “welcomed the new deadline” and wrote that the state will have “three years of student test data from the ACT Aspire tests by the time the new...
Coverage of the Arkansas Dept. of Education’s final stop in a 10-city community listening tour indicates that the next step is for state officials to study the feedback from the tours in early 2017. The state will reportedly release a draft of its state plan...
As part of its ongoing stakeholder meetings, the Arkansas Dept. of Education “will study the feedback, find points of consensus and work to narrow the focus into criteria that can be measured.” A draft of the state’s plan is expected to be ready for public...
The Arkansas Department of Education and State Education Commissioner Johnny Key held a news conference last week announcing more opportunities for stakeholders to engage in the process of creating Arkansas’ new accountability system under ESSA. The ADE will begin their listening tour in September (click...
The State Board of Education and Education Commissioner Johnny Key assembled a stakeholder group to help select a consultant that will work to increase collaboration and coordination among traditional public schools and charter schools. One of their first tasks will be to define a “high-quality school,” which...
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s primers include individual state by state accountability system fact sheets, which detail each state’s current accountability system, what could change under ESSA, and what to be asking state leaders. See details about your state here.
Arkansas’ State Department of Education has established an ESSA website. You can visit it here.
