This report presents the Arkansas edition of the National Council on Teacher Quality's 2008 "State Teacher Policy Yearbook." The 2008 "Yearbook" focuses on how state policies impact the retention of effective new teachers. This policy evaluation is broken down into three areas that encompass 15 goals. Broadly, these goals examine the impact of state policy on 1) identifying effective teachers, 2) retaining those deemed effective and 3) exiting those deemed ineffective. While Arkansas is making progress toward meeting some of the goals, significant room for improvement remains in many others. The state completely missed six goals, partially met four, nearly met two and fully met three. Arkansas's best performances are in its effective induction for new teachers, its support of differential pay in shortage subject areas and high-needs schools, and performance pay. The state has the most work to do in requiring instructional effectiveness in teacher evaluations; making tenure decisions meaningful; ensuring its pension system is portable, flexible and fair; and strengthening some policies regarding teacher compensation. Arkansas's progress toward meeting these goals is summarized. The body of the report provides a more detailed breakdown of the state's strengths and weaknesses in each area. Arkansas has an overall performance of C- for 2008. Goals for each area are appended. (Contains 57 tables.) [Additional support for the 2008 "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" was provided by the Teaching Commission. For the national report, see ED514690.]