Dr. Tom Kimbrell
Commissioner of Education"We can help our children be ready for college, for careers and to take on the world. All we need is a common value, a common strength, a common determination — a Common Core."
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Three Arkansas schools were recently named 2012 National Blue Ribbon Schools by the U. S. Department of Education.
read more >Arkansas’s ACT scores saw an increase according to the 2012 ACT report.
read more >The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), a 23-state consortium working together to create next generation assessments, today released its first set of item and task prototypes for both English language arts/literacy and mathematics.
read more >Commissioner of Education Dr. Tom Kimbrell announced today the selection of three low-performing schools eligible to receive over the next three years up to approximately $11 million in federal School Improvement Grant (SIG) funds.
read more >Calendar of Events
Window for Kindergarten Screener (QELI)
read more >Algebra I Retest Opportunity
read more >AR Commission on Closing the Achievement Gap September Meeting
read more >Local school board deadline
read more >Deadline for local school board
read more >Pairing Forms Deadline
read more >SBE October Meeting
read more >Deadline for First Quarter Report
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