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Committee approves one‑year pause on publishing Arkansas school grades during testing transition
Summary
The House Education Committee passed HB 15‑98, as amended, to hold harmless the statewide school grading publication while Arkansas completes transition to the ATLAS assessment and related standard‑setting work.
Representative Keith Brooks, R‑District 78, presented HB 15‑98 to the House Education Committee and explained that the state is transitioning to a new assessment, the Arkansas Teaching, Learning and Assessment System (ATLAS). The committee adopted an amendment clarifying language, then passed the bill as amended on a voice vote.
Brooks said the Department of Education and districts have baseline data from the new ATLAS test but argued it would be confusing to publish school grades in April during a transition to a new…
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