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DESE explains cleanup bill changes: grade‑inflation metric removed, ESSA index reporting remains
Summary
Deputy Commissioner Ivy Pfeffer and DESE counsel told the committee that 2017’s Act 930 overhauled accountability; a 2019 cleanup removed reporting tied to the old grade‑inflation calculation and Act 757 clarifications align reporting with the ESSA school index. Remediation rates and composite GPA remain reported; lawmakers asked for a methodological brief.
Deputy Commissioner Ivy Pfeffer and Courtney Salas Ford, legal counsel for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, briefed the committee on statutory and reporting changes arising from a recent cleanup bill (referred to in discussion as Act 757).
Pfeffer told members that the substantive accountability changes occurred under Act 930 (2017), which moved Arkansas away from the older ACTTAP-style, course‑by‑course accountability into a broader ESSA school index. As a result, the state repealed the…
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