Congratulations! BARTON ELEMENTARY has been recognized by the Office for Education Policy (OEP) at the University of Arkansas as a school that is Beating the Odds, because students demonstrated high growth on the ACT Aspire even though the school serves a high percentage of students who participate in Free and Reduced Lunch! As you may know, the OEP creates an annual report entitled the Outstanding Educational Performance Awards, recognizing schools with high student growth. We think growth is the best indicator of the positive impact that your school is having on students.
\r\nIn our Beating the Odds report to be released today, BARTON ELEMENTARY received the following awards:
\r\n"Beating the Odds" High Math Growth: Elementary Level (Southeast Region)
\r\n"Beating the Odds" High ELA Growth: Elementary Level (Southeast Region)
\r\nWe provide badges for placement on your school’s website (attached), and personalized paper awards will be sent to the district later this school year.
\r\nAwards are based on the 2019 content growth score calculated by the Arkansas Department of Education. These growth scores reflect how much students at the school improved from 2018 compared to how much they were expected to grow considering prior achievement. We recognize schools based on Overall growth, as well as for growth in Math and English Language Arts separately. To learn more about how they determined the OEP award winners and to see the full list of award recipients, you can view the report here.