Feb 28, 2024 | 9th Grade Success, The View from the OEP
This blog is written with Sarah Morris, a Graduate Researcher in OEP and former junior high teacher. Yesterday, we emailed the district-level third annual Freshman Success Reports (FSR) to superintendents. These informational reports include how likely freshmen in...
Aug 30, 2023 | 9th Grade Success
This report presents information about the state of freshman success in Arkansas. We provide the likelihoods of passing all courses based on a pooled analysis of 2020-21 and 2021-22 freshmen. The report also includes descriptive information about failure rates by...
Aug 30, 2023 | 9th Grade Success, The View from the OEP
This blog is written with Sarah Morris, a Graduate Researcher in OEP and former junior high teacher. If you’ve been following OEP research, you know that we care a lot about student success during the freshman year of high school. Our research has shown: 1 in 5...
Aug 23, 2023 | 9th Grade Success, Policy Briefs
Volume 20, Issue 5 August 23, 2023 This report examines the implementation of absence policy regarding credit consequences. Analyzing Arkansas’s Course Credit and Unexcused Absence Policy
Aug 23, 2023 | 9th Grade Success, Arkansas Education Reports
Volume 20, Issue 4 August 23, 2023 This report examines the implementation of unexcused absence policy and course credit consequences. Freshman Course Credit and Unexcused Absences
Apr 26, 2023 | 9th Grade Success, The View from the OEP
Today’s blog is written with Sarah Morris, a Graduate Researcher in OEP and former junior high teacher. Here at OEP, we have been thinking about the question, “What grading practices are best for students?” and we are looking for ninth-grade teachers of ELA, math, or...