Gary Ritter

Document Type

Report Card

Publication Date

5-6-2010

Keywords

Northwest Arkansas; Student performance; Student achievement; Achievement gap

Abstract

Each year, the Office for Education Policy creates a state report card that highlights recent test scores, achievement gaps, graduation rates, teacher salary, and so on. In an attempt to provide more detailed information, we have created an edition of the report card specific to the Northwest Arkansas region. Here, we compare the most recent information for Arkansas, Northwest Arkansas, and the “Big 5” districts in Northwest Arkansas. For the purpose of this report, the following districts were used for calculating the Northwest Arkansas (NWA) average: Bentonville, Decatur, Elkins, Farmington, Fayetteville, Gentry, Gravette, Greenland, Lincoln, Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove, Rogers, Siloam Springs, Springdale, and West Fork (districts in Washington and Benton counties). The “Big 5” districts are Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers, Siloam Springs, and Springdale. We chose to highlight the “Big 5” districts individually because more than 80% of the students in Northwest Arkansas attend these districts.

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