Publications

Volume 10, Issue 3
February 22, 2013

This policy brief examines the discrepancy between Arkansas’ ranking in Education Week’s Quality Counts report and Arkansas’ performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

Examining Educational Rankings in Arkansas (PDF)

Volume 10, Issue 1
January, 28, 2013

This brief provides an analysis of the academic performance of the independent public charter school sector in Arkansas in the 2011-12 school year. We assessed the academic performance of individual independent public charter schools in two dimensions: 1) academic attainment (the absolute level of performance at the end of the school year); and 2) academic growth using value-added models (student learning gains from one year to the next). Student level data on state standardized reading and math tests in grades 3 through 8 were analyzed.

Academic Performance of Charter Schools in Arkansas: 2011-2012 (PDF)