Document Type

Report

Publication Date

11-19-2014

Series Title

Arkansas Education Report

Series Number

Volume 11, Issue 5

Keywords

Low-income communities

Abstract

The GPA measure, we believe, is a better representation of student achievement on statewide standardized exams. In this report, we are presenting a list of the top 25 schools in each area. In some cases, these "top 25 lists" will contain more than 25 schools as some schools' GPA scores will be identical. This is not a new phenomenon, as we also exceeded 25 schools in previous reports when using the percent proficient and advanced metric as an indicator for student achievement; however, there are fewer ties using the more precise GPA measure.

After we present our overall snapshot of high-performing schools, we will release subsequent reports every few weeks focusing on different subsets of schools. In the following weeks, we will focus on high-performing elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools in the various regions across the state. Then, we will feature schools that are beating the odds (that is, schools that have high levels of student achievement while serving a high percentage of low income students). Finally, we will conclude our report by focusing on the schools with the greatest improvement in test scores.

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Beating the Odds: High-Achieving Schools Serving Low-Income Communities

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