by - October 13, 2015 8:24 pm
Arkansas Education Commissioner Johnny Key said Tuesday (Oct. 13) that a department of education announcement last week saying end-of-the-year testing showed a majority of students being “on track for college…
by - October 8, 2015 7:38 pm
Sixty percent of Arkansas students taking the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) exam scored satisfactorily while similar scores were recorded in geometry and ninth and…
by - June 22, 2015 6:49 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has directed the Department of Education to withdraw Arkansas from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) consortium, despite a vote June 11…
by - June 11, 2015 5:39 pm
Not so fast on the move to end controversial PARCC testing in Arkansas. The Arkansas State Board of Education voted 7-1 Thursday (June 11) against allowing a state contract with…
by - June 8, 2015 2:46 pm
A study group recommended changing the state’s Common Core test provider before it made its other recommendations because of timing issues and certainty, the group’s chairman, Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin,…
