Senate education panel reviews ASAP accountability framework, level‑5 supports and limits of A–F grades
Department staff told the Senate Education Committee that Arkansas’s ASAP accountability system emphasizes tailored supports rather than fixed cutoffs, but committee members pressed on the public role of A–F grades, demographic correlations with school scores, and the high‑stakes consequences tied to level‑5 districts.
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Julie Holt, a bureau staffer, told the Senate Education Committee that the Arkansas Education Support and Accountability Program (ASAP) runs alongside the federal Every Student Succeeds Act and is intended to set expectations, report progress, celebrate success and prompt targeted supports for struggling schools. She briefed lawmakers on how the state shifted from the proficiency threshold approach used under earlier law to ASAP’s multi‑level support structure created by Act 930.
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