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Performance Report

2010 Arkansas School Performance Report

The goal of the Arkansas School Performance Report (Report Card) is to disseminate statistical performance information to students, parents and interested community members so that they can work with their schools to ensure that Arkansas provides every student with access to an extraordinary education.

View Performance Reports

From the NORMES School Performance site, you can view an on-line version of the performance report for the state, or view and compare by district or school. The default page for the reports is a summary page. After selecting the state report or a specific district or school report on the NORMES site, click on the Report Card link in the gray box on the left to view report card information.

Making the Grade: Arkansas Ranks 6th Nationally

Ranked sixth overall in the just-released 2011 issue of Quality Counts, Arkansas earned its highest placement ever in the annual ranking of states' public education policies, environment and performance. Quality Counts, now in its 15th year, is published by the national magazine Education Week. For the previous two years, Arkansas placed 10th. Arkansas received the grade of A (94.4) for the category Standards, Assessments, & Accountability. Arkansas also received the grade of A (96.4) for the category Transitions and Alignment. Arkansas came in first to lead the way in the category entitled Transitions and Alignment. This section tracks states' efforts to coordinate connections between public school grades and other segments of the educational pipeline.

"Because of Governor Beebe's focus on cradle-to-grave education and because of the state's ability to connect quality data about educational achievement and outcomes from early childhood to college and beyond, Arkansas truly is building a system that promotes lifelong learning. This will serve our state well both educationally and economically," said Commissioner of Education Tom W. Kimbrell, adding, "It is great to have that achievement recognized by Quality Counts."

  • In 2010, scores on the Arkansas Augmented Benchmark exams again improved, with more than 60 percent of Arkansas' public school students at all grade levels scoring at grade level or higher on the benchmark exams. At some grades, more than 80 percent are scoring at grade level or higher.
  • The achievement gap between majority and minority students narrowed for the fourth year in a row on the 2010 Arkansas Augmented Benchmark Exams.
  • More students than ever participated in Advanced Placement classes in 2010 (21,226) as well as performed at high levels on the exams (up 13.1 percent from the previous year).
  • More high school graduates — 81 percent — took the ACT college admission and placement exam in 2010 — an indication that more of our state's students are college bound.

Other Resources

For more information, please contact:

John Hoy, Assistant Commissioner
Arkansas Department of Education
Division of Academic Accountability
Four Capitol Mall, Room 104-A
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501-682-1298

Or, contact your local school administrator.

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