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Smart Arkansas logoCreating a Smart Arkansas.

Creating a Smart Arkansas is what the Arkansas Department of Education is all about. How do we do this? By supporting students, teachers and school administrators through top-notch curriculum development and ongoing, research-based learning opportunities for educators, the state has already witnessed unprecedented gains in educational attainment of students.

Proof:

  • In 2010, scores on both the Arkansas Augmented Benchmark exams and Stanford Achievement Test again improved, with more than 60 percent of Arkansas's public school students at all grade levels scoring at grade level or higher on the benchmark exams. At some grades, more than 80 percent are scoring at grade level or higher.
  • The achievement gap between majority and minority students narrowed for the fourth year in a row on the 2010 Arkansas Augmented Benchmark Exams.

Specifically, the department's Smart Arkansas initiative encompasses the state's efforts to increase educational attainment in Arkansas through Smart Accountability, Smart Leadership and Smart Future components.

Other Arkansas Education Web Sites

Link to ADE Data Center apple Link to Arkansas Public School Computer Network apple Link to Arkansas Hive apple Link to Arkansas Works

Link to Commissioner's Memos apple Link to Coordinated School Health apple Link to Child Nutrition Network apple Link to Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation

Link to Arkansas.Recovery.gov apple Link to NORMES School Performance apple Link to Special Education apple Link to Teach Arkansas