Arkansas law requires that all public school students shall participate in a statewide program of educational assessments per Ark. Code Ann. §§ 6-15-419, 6-15-433, 6-15-2009.

The ATLAS end-of-year summative assessment will be used to assess all Arkansas public school students in grades 3-8 in the content areas of English Language Arts (ELA), mathematics, and science. Students will take end of year exams for ELA in grades 9 and 10 and end of course (EOC) exams for algebra I, geometry, and biology. Accelerated students may take math EOC assessments if enrolled in course in seventh or eighth grade instead of grade level test in mathematics. All students will be required to participate in ATLAS 3-10 summative unless they qualify for an alternate assessment. The first administration of the ATLAS summative testing occurred in spring 2024 and is aligned to the Arkansas standards.

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