Arkansas

College and Career Readiness for All Students

"The higher the standards that are targeted, the clearer it becomes that the only way to take the students to those standards is early intervention and a long-term focus on improving the fundamentals of teaching and learning. Setting lower standards and targeting short-term incremental test score gains, on the other hand, often tempts educators into shortsighted 'quick-fix' practices."

—Chrys Dougherty, Lynn Mellor, and Nancy Smith, National Center for Educational Achievement

Chart Explanations

There are different charts for each grade and subject. Users can use the tabs located above the charts (example below) to view the College and Career Readiness (CCR) Rates in other grades and subjects within your school.

First, the position of along the vertical axis indicates the percentage of continuously enrolled students whose ABE scores in the grade and subject noted at the top of the scatterplot were at or above the NCEA CCR Benchmark. The position of along the horizontal axis represents the percentage of students at your school that are economically disadvantaged, according to the state's definition.

In the example below, ABC Elementary has 65 percent low-income students school-wide, and approximately 40.8 percent of their continuously enrolled 3rd grade mathematics students reached NCEA's CCR Benchmark.

Terms

Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is the yearly designation given to schools whose performance and progress is considered acceptable. The designation is federally mandated by the No Child Left Behind legislation, but each state separately determines the specific guidelines for its schools.
College/Career Readiness Benchmarks (CCR Benchmarks)
NCEA established CCR Benchmarks on the ABE in all tested grade levels except 11th grade. For more information about how these CCR Benchmarks were established, click here.
Continuous Enrollment
Students who have been on the same campus for several years are considered continuously enrolled. At the elementary level, continuous enrollment is usually three or more years at the same campus; at the middle and high school levels it is enrollment since the beginning of that school level (i.e., high school students enrolled since the beginning of 9th grade).