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State moves to simplified school‑letter formula; Bentonville staff outline implications and next steps
Summary
District assessment leaders briefed the board on Arkansas Department of Education changes to the A–F school accountability formula emphasizing achievement (level 3–4), overall growth and bottom‑quartile growth; high‑school measures will include success‑ready graduate metrics and possibly a four‑year graduation rate.
At the Feb. 18 Bentonville School District Board meeting, assessment and district leaders reviewed pending changes to Arkansas’s school accountability (A–F) formula and described how the district is preparing.
Presenters said the state has released a "simplified" formula that weights three broad indicators equally for K–8 schools: achievement (students scoring at level 3 or 4 on the state ATLAS assessments), overall growth (all students) and growth for the bottom quartile of students in a building. Level 3 was…
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