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6-15-2101. School rating system — Annual reports.
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6-15-2101. School rating system — Annual reports.
(a)(1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall prepare annual reports of the results of the statewide assessment program that describe student achievement in each school district and each school in the state and the school performance category levels under § 6-15-2103.
(2) The division shall prescribe the design and content of these reports that shall include without limitation descriptions of achievement of all schools participating in any assessment program and all of their major student populations as determined by the division, provided that the provisions of § 6-15-2909 pertaining to student records apply to this section.
(3) Annual school performance reports shall be:
(A) Made available in hard copy to all parents or guardians;
(B) Posted on the division's website;
(C) Posted on the local school district's website; and
(D) Published by the local school district in the local newspaper.
(b)(1) The division shall provide information regarding performance of students and educational programs as required under §§ 6-15-2907 and 6-15-2301 and implement a system of school reports as required by statute and State Board of Education rule.
(2) Annual school performance reports shall be in an easy-to-read format.
(c) The annual report shall separately list the following measures by school:
(1) Student performance on statewide student assessments as required by law or rule of the state board;
(2) Student academic growth based on statewide student assessments as required by law or rule of the state board;
(3) For a secondary school, the school's graduation rate; and
(4) Any other criteria required by law or by rule of the state board.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-2101
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6-15-2101. School rating system — Annual reports.
(a)(1) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall prepare annual reports of the results of the statewide assessment program that describe student achievement in each school district and each school in the state and the school performance category levels under § 6-15-2103.
(2) The division shall prescribe the design and content of these reports that shall include without limitation descriptions of achievement of all schools participating in any assessment program and all of their major student populations as determined by the division, provided that the provisions of § 6-15-2909 pertaining to student records apply to this section.
(3) Annual school performance reports shall be:
(A) Made available in hard copy to all parents or guardians;
(B) Posted on the division's website;
(C) Posted on the local school district's website; and
(D) Published by the local school district in the local newspaper.
(b)(1) The division shall provide information regarding performance of students and educational programs as required under §§ 6-15-2907 and 6-15-2301 and implement a system of school reports as required by statute and State Board of Education rule.
(2) Annual school performance reports shall be in an easy-to-read format.
(c) The annual report shall separately list the following measures by school:
(1) Student performance on statewide student assessments as required by law or rule of the state board;
(2) Student academic growth based on statewide student assessments as required by law or rule of the state board;
(3) For a secondary school, the school's graduation rate; and
(4) Any other criteria required by law or by rule of the state board.
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6-15-2103. School rating system — School annual performance category levels.
The annual report shall identify schools as being in one (1) school performance category level defined according to rules of the State Board of Education.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-2103
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6-15-2301. Best financial management practices for school districts — Standards — Reviews — Designation of school districts.
(a)(1) The purpose of the best financial management practices reviews is to improve Arkansas school district management's use of resources and to identify cost savings.
(2) (A) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education and Arkansas Legislative Audit are directed to develop a system for reviewing the financial management practices of school districts.
(B) In this system, Arkansas Legislative Audit shall assist the division in examining school district operations to determine whether they meet “best financial management code practices”.
(b)(1) The best financial management practices adopted by the State Board of Education may be updated periodically after consultation with the Legislative Council, the Governor, the division, school districts, and Arkansas Legislative Audit.
(2) The division shall submit to the state board for review and possible adoption proposed revisions to the best financial management practices adopted by the state board and reviewed by the Legislative Council.
(3) Revised best financial management practices adopted by the state board shall be used in the next scheduled school district reviews conducted according to this section.
(4)(A) The best financial management practices, at a minimum, shall be designed to instill public confidence by:
(i) Addressing the school district's use of resources;
(ii) Identifying ways that the school district could save funds; and
(iii) Improving the school district's performance accountability systems, including public accountability.
(B) To achieve these objectives, best practices shall be developed for, but need not be limited to, the following areas:
(i) Manage
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-2301
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 6-15-2301. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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6-15-2907. Statewide student assessment system — Definition.
(a) The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall implement a statewide student assessment system to be administered by Arkansas public schools on a schedule determined by the State Board of Education that includes the following components:
(1) Developmentally appropriate measurements or assessments for kindergarten through grade two (K-2) in literacy and mathematics;
(2) Assessments to measure English language arts, mathematics, and science as identified by the state board;
(3) Assessments of English proficiency of all English learners; and
(4)(A) Assessments to measure college and career readiness.
(B) A public school that serves any student in grades ten through twelve (10-12) shall administer college and career readiness assessments as determined by the state board to each student before he or she graduates from high school.
(C) Public school districts may offer additional college and career readiness assessments for students in grades ten through twelve (10-12) at no cost to the student by using public school district funding, including without limitation Enhanced Student Achievement Funding under § 6-20-2305.
(b) At the direction of the state board, the division shall cause assessment instruments to be administered at additional grade levels as necessary to measure educational achievement in the public schools of this state.
(c) The statewide student assessment system may include additional assessment options approved by the state board, including without limitation assessments to measure application of knowledge and skills in civics, government, and additional sciences, as measured on a schedule determined by the state board.
(d) A public school district, at its own expens
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-2907
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 6-15-2907. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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6-15-2909. Public availability of test instruments and scores.
(a) Any material containing the personally identifiable information, including without limitation identifiable scores, of individual students on any test taken under the provisions of this subchapter shall not be:
(1) Considered a public record within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.; or
(2) Disseminated or otherwise made available to the public by a member of the State Board of Education, an employee of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, a member of the board of directors of a school district, an employee of a school district, or any other person, except as permitted under the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, as it existed on January 1, 2017.
(b) All analyses, reports, and compilations of test scores that do not contain personally identifiable information are a public record within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq., if the release complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g, as it existed on January 1, 2017, and with the Student Online Personal Information Protection Act, § 6-18-109.
(c) In order to protect the validity and reliability of statewide student assessments, the test instruments shall not be made available to the public.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-2909
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 6-15-2909. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.