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Arkansas sees rise in failing schools
This article was published October 10, 2009 at 12:55 a.m.
A total of 58 Arkansas public schools have failed to meet state achievement requirements for more than five years, up from just 16 a year ago, officials said Friday.
Those schools are now in line for principal changes, instructional specialists or other improvement strategies as directed by the state.
The 58 schools are among 407 of Arkansas’ 1,081 public schools identified by the Arkansas Department of Education for repeatedly failing to meet minimum achievement levels on Benchmark and End-of-Course tests that students took last spring in math and literacy.
The list of 407 schools represents a 32-school increase from the 375 schools identified in 2008 as needing improvement because of chronically low test scores.
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