Document Type
Brief
Publication Date
3-15-2011
Keywords
School's student achievement, performance levels
Series Title
Office for Education Policy
Series Number
Volume 08 Issue 05
Abstract
Act 35 was a product of the Lakeview v Huckabee case and the related Extraordinary Legislative Session. The law § 6-15-2101 of the Arkansas code required the establishment of three school ratings: a rating of the school’s current academic performance (or status), a rating of the school’s academic improvement (see the OEP policy brief on the new improvement rating) 1 , and a rating based on the school’s fiscal practices. The first set of improvement scores were reported based on the standardized tests administered in spring of 2007 and 2008. The first ratings based on current academic performance are to be based on the 2009-2010 school year, but these ratings have not yet been released to the schools or public as of this writing. In this policy brief, we describe the guidelines shaping this new school rating.
Citation
Jensen, N. C., & Ritter, G. W. (2011). Act 35, New School Performance Ratings, and School Choice. Policy Briefs. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/oepbrief/59
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