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Rose, Caleb P. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
KIPP Delta College Preparatory School (KIPP: DCPS), an open-enrollment charter school, opened in 2002 in Helena, Arkansas. Since its opening, KIPP: DCPS students have consistently outperformed their peers in the Helena/West Helena School district, and moreover, recent test scores suggest that white students and minority students are achieving at…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, College Preparation, Academic Achievement, High Achievement
Mulvenon, Sean W.; Ganley, Barbara J.; Fritts-Scott, Kristina – Arkansas Educational Research and Policy Studies Journal, 2001
Studied the effects of student socioeconomic status (SES), using free- or reduced price-lunch as a measure of SES, on student performance on the Arkansas Fourth Grade benchmark Examination. Results from about 32,000 students indicate that direct comparisons of schools without regard to percentage of free and reduced lunch participation would not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. – 2001
This Action Plan has been developed to ensure the success of the Arkansas Smart Step Initiative, the part of the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment and Accountability Program (ACTAAP) that focuses on grades 5 through 8. As do other aspects of the ACTAAP, the Smart Start Initiative has four components, each of which is described here: (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Educational Planning