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Coming Soon: School Letter Grades!
School letter grades will be released soon, and here at OEP we wanted to share some information about what is included in the school letter grades, and what they mean for Arkansas's schools and students. Why are schools assigned letter grades? A-F letter grades are...
Blue Ribbon Schools and Letter Grades
Today we learned that three Arkansas schools were named National Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education. The annual recognition is given to schools based on academic performance, or progress toward closing achievement gaps among student groups on...
NWA School Quality
September 6, 2023 This report examines school quality and access in NWA NWA Landscape Report NWA District Scorecards
Arkansas Freshman Success Report 2022
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...
The “Best High Schools” for Arkansas students
Yesterday, U.S. News & World Report released their annual “Best High Schools” rankings. Here at the OEP, we want to make sure that you understand what the “Best” title is based on, and how this compares with what Arkansas has determined is “Best” for Arkansas...
“Best Freshman Success”
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...
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