Learning Services

The Division of Learning Services (DLS) is a team of professionals, within the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), who support quality performance for all students and share a common vision for education in Arkansas. The Division's mission is to support Arkansas schools by providing training and education to teachers and administrators, monitoring the progress of the learning environment and giving feedback on this progress.

Vision for Teaching and Learning

DESE is committed to students exhibiting evidence of learning through three lenses of application: actively literate, critical thinkers, and engaged in the community. DESE developed Arkansas Academic Standards and courses that outline the academic expectations in the state.

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Arkansas Approved Programs

All programs on the lists linked below are considered approved programs.

Arkansas EdReports

Arkansas K-6 Approved Literacy Curriculum Programs

Arkansas K-12 Approved Dyslexia Intervention Programs

Arkansas K-12 Approved Reading Intervention Programs

Background and Purpose

The Right to Read Act, amended by the Arkansas Legislature in 2019, requires “curriculum programs that are supported by the science of reading and based on instruction that is explicit, systematic, cumulative, and diagnostic, including without limitation: (1) dyslexia programs that are evidence based and aligned to structured literacy or grounded in the Orton-Gillingham methodology, (2) evidence-based reading intervention programs, and (3) evidence-based reading programs that are grounded in the science of reading.” Pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 6-17-429(f), the Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall identify and create a list of approved materials, resources, and curriculum programs for public school districts and open-enrollment public charter schools that are supported by the science of reading and based on instruction that is explicit, systematic, cumulative, and diagnostic, including dyslexia programs, evidence-based reading intervention programs, etc.