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Pulaski County Education Report Card 2021, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Josh B. Mcgee, Charlene Reid, Christine L. Magness Mar 2022

Pulaski County Education Report Card 2021, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Josh B. Mcgee, Charlene Reid, Christine L. Magness

Education Report Card

The goal of this report is to help parents, school personnel, community members, and policy makers understand how effectively the students in their community are being served by public schools. The past two years have been difficult for families, teachers, and students, and throughout the challenging context, Pulaski County students demonstrated lower growth in achievement on the ACT Aspire than students in the state overall, and are performing below the state average in achievement, graduation rates, and School Quality and Student Success scores. Acknowledging the unprecedented circumstances presented by the COVID virus, Arkansas schools were not assigned an overall letter …


Nwarkansas Education Report Card 2021, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Josh B. Mcgee, Charlene Reid, Christine L. Magness Mar 2022

Nwarkansas Education Report Card 2021, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Josh B. Mcgee, Charlene Reid, Christine L. Magness

Education Report Card

The goal of this report is to help parents, school personnel, community members, and policy makers understand how effectively the students in their community are being served by public schools. The past two years have been difficult for families, teachers, and students, but despite the challenging context, Northwest Arkansas students are demonstrating greater growth in achievement and earning higher scores on the ACT Aspire than are the students in the state overall. Schools in NWA also have received higher School Quality and Student Success scores and are graduating a greater percentage of high school students. Acknowledging the unprecedented circumstances presented …


2019 Pulaski County Education Report Card, Sarah Mckenzie Oct 2020

2019 Pulaski County Education Report Card, Sarah Mckenzie

Education Report Card

Our goal is to help parents, school personnel, community members, and policy makers understand how effectively the students in their community are being served.

Pulaski students are demonstrating similar growth in achievement on the ACT Aspire as students in the state overall, but in achievement, graduation rates, and School Quality and Student Success, Pulaski County schools are performing below the state average.

This report card presents information about these key performance indicators for the districts in Pulaski counties. The Growth, Achievement, School Quality, and Overall scores of the four traditional districts are compared to the average for that group, and …


2019 Northwest Arkansas Education Report Card, Sarah C. Mckenzie Jul 2020

2019 Northwest Arkansas Education Report Card, Sarah C. Mckenzie

Education Report Card

Northwest Arkansas students are demonstrating greater growth in achievement and earning higher scores on the ACT Aspire than are the students in the state overall. Schools in NWA also have higher School Quality and Student Success scores, higher graduation rates, and are more likely to receive an “A” or “B” rating than are other schools across the state. . . This report card presents information about these key performance indicators for the districts in Benton and Washington counties. The Growth, Achievement, School Quality, and Overall scores of each 15 traditional districts are compared to the average scores of the regional …


2018 Pulaski County Education Report Card, Sarah C. Mckenzie Sep 2019

2018 Pulaski County Education Report Card, Sarah C. Mckenzie

Education Report Card

Our goal is to help parents, school personnel, community members, and policy makers understand how effectively the students in their community are being served.

Pulaski students are demonstrating similar growth in achievement on the ACT Aspire as students in the state overall, but in achievement, graduation rates, and School Quality and Student Success, Pulaski County schools are performing below the state average.


2018 Northwest Arkansas Education Report Card, Sarah Mckenzie Jun 2019

2018 Northwest Arkansas Education Report Card, Sarah Mckenzie

Education Report Card

The Northwest Arkansas Report Card highlights how students in area schools are performing. Our goal is to help parents, school personnel, community members, and policy makers understand how effectively the students in their community are being served.

Northwest Arkansas students are demonstrating greater growth in achievement and earning higher scores on the ACT Aspire than are the students in the state overall. Schools in NWA also have higher School Quality and Student Success scores, higher graduation rates, and are more likely to receive an “A” or “B” rating than are other schools across the state.


2017 Northwest Arkansas Education Report Card, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter Jun 2018

2017 Northwest Arkansas Education Report Card, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter

Education Report Card

This report card presents information about these key performance indicators for the districts in Benton and Washington counties. The Growth, Achievement, School Quality, and Overall scores of each 15 traditional districts are compared to the average scores of the regional districts with similar enrollment 5 large districts and 10 small districts. The scores of the 5 public charter schools are compared to the average scores of all schools in the NWA area.


2017 Pulaski County Education Report Card, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter Jun 2018

2017 Pulaski County Education Report Card, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary W. Ritter

Education Report Card

There are many things that contribute to a ‘good’ school, but we believe student academic growth is perhaps the most meaningful measure of school performance or school effectiveness. Many Pulaski County schools had high growth at one or two school levels, and there is evidence of variation in growth rates between schools within the same districts. We recommend district and school leaders examine where their students are not demonstrating high growth, examine high growth schools to see what those schools are doing differently, and consider how they can further support learning for their students.


2016 Northwest Arkansas Education Report Card, Sarah Mckenzie, Gary Ritter Jul 2017

2016 Northwest Arkansas Education Report Card, Sarah Mckenzie, Gary Ritter

Education Report Card

This report card presents a regional overview of districts in Benton and Washington counties as well as key performance indicators for each of the 15 traditional public school districts and 5 public charter schools.


2016 Arkansas Education Report Card, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary Ritter Apr 2017

2016 Arkansas Education Report Card, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary Ritter

Education Report Card

In addition to performance on annual assessments, we present information on the state’s student growth on these assessments, as well as high school graduation rates, school discipline, National Board Certified Teachers, and school finance. The data are intended to provide a snapshot of K-12 education in our state.


2015 Northwest Arkansas Report Card, Sarah Mckenzie, Gary Ritter May 2016

2015 Northwest Arkansas Report Card, Sarah Mckenzie, Gary Ritter

Education Report Card

This report card presents a regional overview of districts in Benton and Washington counties as well as key performance indicators for each district.


2015 Arkansas Report Card, Sarah Mckenzie, Gary Ritter Apr 2016

2015 Arkansas Report Card, Sarah Mckenzie, Gary Ritter

Education Report Card

The coming year brings more changes to Arkansas K-12 education, as the ACT Aspire replaces the PARCC assessments and state science assessments. As students progress through their schooling during these changing times, it is critical that parents, teachers and policy makers thoughtfully use all information available to ensure students are on track for success.


2014 Northwest Arkansas Report Card, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary Ritter Mar 2015

2014 Northwest Arkansas Report Card, Sarah C. Mckenzie, Gary Ritter

Education Report Card

Northwest Arkansas continues to lead the state of Arkansas in K-12 education. This report card presents a regional overview as well as key performance indicators for each district.


2014 Arkansas Report Card, Gary Ritter Feb 2015

2014 Arkansas Report Card, Gary Ritter

Education Report Card

The Office for Education Policy is pleased to bring you its 2014 Arkansas Report Card highlighting our students’ educational performance through the 2013-2014 academic year. We hope that this year’s edition is informative and helpful in furthering the conversation that surrounds our education system.


2013 Arkansas Report Card, Gary Ritter Apr 2014

2013 Arkansas Report Card, Gary Ritter

Education Report Card

No abstract provided.


2013 Northwest Arkansas Report Card, Gary Ritter Jan 2014

2013 Northwest Arkansas Report Card, Gary Ritter

Education Report Card

No abstract provided.


2012 Arkansas Report Card, Gary Ritter Mar 2013

2012 Arkansas Report Card, Gary Ritter

Education Report Card

No abstract provided.


2012 Northwest Arkansas Report Card, Gary Ritter Dec 2012

2012 Northwest Arkansas Report Card, Gary Ritter

Education Report Card

No abstract provided.


2011 Northwest Arkansas Report Card, Gary Ritter Nov 2011

2011 Northwest Arkansas Report Card, Gary Ritter

Education Report Card

No abstract provided.


2011 Report Card On Arkansas Public Schools, Gary Ritter May 2011

2011 Report Card On Arkansas Public Schools, Gary Ritter

Education Report Card

No abstract provided.


2010 Report Card On Arkansas Public Schools, Gary Ritter Apr 2011

2010 Report Card On Arkansas Public Schools, Gary Ritter

Education Report Card

No abstract provided.


2009 Northwest Arkansas Report Card, Gary Ritter May 2010

2009 Northwest Arkansas Report Card, Gary Ritter

Education Report Card

No abstract provided.


2009 Report Card On Arkansas Public Schools, Gary Ritter Feb 2010

2009 Report Card On Arkansas Public Schools, Gary Ritter

Education Report Card

No abstract provided.


2008 Report Card On Arkansas Schools, Gary Ritter Oct 2008

2008 Report Card On Arkansas Schools, Gary Ritter

Education Report Card

Testimony to the House and Senate Education Committee in Little Rock


2008 Report Card On Arkansas Schools, Gary Ritter Sep 2008

2008 Report Card On Arkansas Schools, Gary Ritter

Education Report Card

No abstract provided.