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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...
In Absentia: Absence Policy and Freshman Failures
Today's blog is written with Sarah Morris, a Graduate Researcher in OEP and former junior high teacher. The first week of school can be exciting for students, but we all know that sooner or later, students will need to be absent. Did you know that each district is...
Analyzing Arkansas’s Course Credit and Unexcused Absence Policy
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
Freshman Course Credit and Unexcused Absences
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
Updated 2022 Report Cards
If you downloaded the NWA or Pulaski County report cards released on Wednesday, please re-download as the Achievement Percentiles for middle schools in the school-level tables for the large districts have been corrected. If you haven't checked the report cards out...
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