What’s Going on with School Readiness Assistance Child Care Subsidies in Arkansas? by Hannah Denker The School Readiness Assistance (SRA) program helps low-income families afford child care while parents work or go to school. It’s run by the Arkansas Department of Education’s Office of Early Childhood, but most of the money comes from the federal […]| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
2024-2025 Letter Grade and Growth Data for SCHOOLS| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
2025 A-F letter grades are out, and here at OEP we were super interested to see how our state schools performed and what we can do to help kids learn. Overall, there as wide distribution, with 12% …| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
Volume 22, Issue 4 September 17, 2025 This brief examines and explains the first comprehensive set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Arkansas’s early care and education (ECE) system, providing a statewide baseline on access, quality, and workforce. Click here to read the Policy Brief| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
Volume 22, Issue 4 September 17, 2025 This report establishes the first comprehensive set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Arkansas’s early care and education (ECE) system, focusing on access, quality, workforce, affordability, and data infrastructure. Arkansas’s ECE system plays a critical role in supporting children and families, yet persistent gaps in availability, affordability, and […]| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
by Hannah Denker Click here to read the Arkansas Education Report Click here to read the Policy Brief Early childhood care and education (ECE) is essential for Arkansas’s children, families, and workforce. But are we meeting the need? And how can we tell if we’re making progress? For the first time, Arkansas now has a […]| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
2023-2024 District Level Chronic Absenteeism Rates| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
2024-2025 District Level Chronic Absenteeism Rates| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
by Kim Shaw and Sarah McKenzie This week, OEP sent every Arkansas superintendent a report on chronic absenteeism (CA). The reports include both statewide trends and district-specific data from the past two years. If you’ve been following education news, you know chronic absenteeism has surged since the pandemic—and it hasn’t gone away. Chronic / means […]| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
by Ashley Daniel As educational researchers and statisticians in Arkansas, our daily work revolves around analyzing data, building models, and interpreting outcomes. Much of our time is spent with state-level datasets, shaping decisions that impact students, educators, and schools across our state. This bird’s-eye view is powerful. It helps leaders make smarter decisions, reveals what’s […]| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas and we have several upcoming events! The department, which houses OEP, was established in th…| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
by Denise Airola It is Year 2 for Arkansas Teaching, Learning, and Assessment System (ATLAS) results for Grades 3 through High School. In an earlier blog we noted celebrations for overall increases…| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
Today’s blog was written by Gema Zamarro, Andrew Camp, Josh McGee, Taylor Wilson, and Miranda Vernon. It summarizes the results of our recent research brief on salary changes under the A…| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
How Are Arkansas Students Doing? 2025 ATLAS Results Are In! Arkansas released ATLAS summative assessment scores to school districts this week. This marks the first year we can measure student prog…| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
by Josh B. McGee Last week’s blog discussed the sources of Arkansas school funding and some of the basics about how the state’s funding formula works. As a quick review, Arkansas has a student-base…| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
by Josh McGee Today’s blog is the first in a series about Arkansas school funding. Our goal is to provide straightforward, data-driven explanations of things like: How the Arkansas K-12 funding sys…| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
