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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)
2024-2025 Pre-Appeal ATLAS Data for SCHOOLS and DISTRICTS| 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 The LEARNS Act (Act 237 of the 2023 Regular Session) established the Merit Teacher Incentive Fund Program—commonly known as Merit Pay—to recognize and reward Arkansas’s outstanding…| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
by: Josh McGee, Roy McKenzie, and Gema Zamarro| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
by Ashley Daniel From my 20 years as a district-level administrator, I have witnessed firsthand how essential effective school leadership is to a school’s success, especially a strong principal. While classroom teachers remain the most direct influence on student achievement, it is visionary principals who create the conditions for excellent teaching to flourish. They shape […]| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
By Denise Airola State testing closes this Friday, marking the end of the first full year under the ATLAS assessment system. For many educators, that final click of the submit button signals more t…| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
By Kim Shaw Learning loss, decreased test scores, and diminished classroom engagement are just a few of the post-Covid-19 pandemic K-12 student outcomes that continue to make headlines. As schools strive to improve student outcomes, there is a major hurdle: students aren’t showing up. Chronic absenteeism is a metric that highlights this issue. We have […]| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
Volume 22, Issue 3 May 7, 2025 This brief examines chronic absenteeism in Arkansas K–12 public schools—defined as missing 10% of the year—before and after the pandemic. It highlights shifts over time, disparities by student and school characteristics, and offers policy recommendations, as absenteeism remains a key challenge during recovery from pandemic-related learning loss. Click […]| Office for Education Policy (OEP)
Volume 22, Issue 3 May 7, 2025 This report examines chronic absenteeism in Arkansas K–12 public schools—defined as missing 10% of the year—before and after the pandemic. It highlights shifts over time, disparities by student and school characteristics, and offers policy recommendations, as absenteeism remains a key challenge during recovery from pandemic-related learning loss. Click […]| 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)
