ESSA School Index Business Rules 

• 2024 Business Rules for Calculating the ESSA School Index Scores (PDF)

• 2023 Business Rules for Calculating the ESSA School Index Scores (DOCX) (PDF)

• 2022 Business Rules for Calculating the ESSA School Index Scores (DOCX)  (PDF)

Business Rules for Calculating Exiting Criteria

• 2025 Business Rules for Calculating Exit Criteria for Federally Identified Schools

• 2024 Business Rules for Calculating Exit Criteria for Federally Identified Schools

Public School Rating Business Rules (A-F)

• 2022-2023 How Are Letter Grades Earned? (DOCX) (PDF)

School Report Card Business Rules

• 2024 Business Rules for the Statewide Report Card

• 2023 Business Rules for the Statewide Report Card 

• 2022 Business Rules for School Report Card (PDF)

Webinars, Related Documents and Resources

• October 2023 State and Federal Accountability Reports - Tiffani Grayer and Sharlee Crowson

•  2023 School Performance Resource Padlet

• 2023 ESSA School Index Summary Statistics

• 2023 Graduation Rates

• June 2021 ADE Summit - Dr. Denise Airola on Value Added Growth

Arkansas ESSA Plan Resources

• Vision for Excellence in Education (PDF) 

• Every Student Succeeds Act - A Guide to the Arkansas Plan (PDF)

• The Arkansas State Plan (PDF)

• No Child Left Behind vs. Every Student

• Succeeds Act (PDF)

• Notes on Arkansas' ESSA Plan - A Handout for Parents  (PDF)

• Timeline: Arkansas, ESSA and Our Pathway to the Future (PDF)

• Theory of Action (PDF)

• Cycle of Inquiry (PDF)

• Arkansas Academic Standards (PDF)

• State Assessment System (PDF)

ESSA Index Indicator Resources

• What is ESSA? (PDF)

• ¿Qué es ESSA? (PDF)

• Grade Spans and Configurations  (PDF)

• Rangos por grados educativos y Configuraciones 

•  What is the ESSA School Index (PDF)

• ¿Que es el Indice ESSA por Escuela? (PDF)

• Weighted Achievement (PDF)

• Tiffani Grayer, Director of School Performance explains Weighted Achievement Calculations

• Value-Added Growth (PDF)

• June 2021 ADE Summit - Dr. Denise Airola on Value Added Growth

• Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) (PDF)

• Improving Graduation Rates

• School Quality and Student Success Indicators (PDF)

• Indicadores de Calidad Escolar y Éxito de los alumnos (PDF)

• Community Service Learning

Assessment Peer Reviews

• ATLAS (2024-TDB) 

• ACT Aspire (2016-2023) (PDF)