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The Augmented Benchmark Examinations is a test required by the Arkansas Department of Education in support of NCLB.Starting with the 2007–08 school year, a criterion-referenced test mandated by the state was merged with the Stanford Achievement Test, Series 10 to form the Augmented Benchmark Examinations.
The Arkansas Teacher Corps (ATC) is an American non-profit organization established in 2013 whose vision is for "all Arkansan students will have extraordinary lives through exceptional education." ATC recruits, trains, and supports new teachers to serve in impoverished communities in the state of Arkansas for a three-year period.
A Teach First recruit has said the experience left her feeling expendable, saying the Teach First leadership were more focussed on expansion rather than the experience of recruits in a "survival of the fittest" atmosphere. [50] Teach First had a 92% retention rate of recruits in 2012, with the recruit earning a "good" teacher label by observers ...
Arkansas Historical Quarterly 66#2 (2007), pp. 125–44. online; Martin, William H. "Negro Higher and Professional Education in Arkansas." Journal of Negro Education 17.3 (1948): 255-264. online; Moneyhon, Carl H. The Impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Arkansas: Persistence in the Midst of Ruin (U of Arkansas Press, 2002). Ramsey, Patsy.
Following reorganization in 2019, Arkansas state government's executive branch contains fifteen cabinet-level departments. Many formerly independent departments were consolidated as "divisions" under newly created departments under a shared services model.
Many services are offered for teachers and students, including America's Story from America's Library (Library of Congress for Kids), Arkansas Center for the Book, Arkansas Department of Education, Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids (K-2;3-5;9-12; Parents & Teachers), Book Awards & Reading Lists, and Letters about Literature. [8]
The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (commonly DFA within the state) is a department of the government of Arkansas under the Governor of Arkansas.. The DFA is a cabinet level agency in the executive branch of government responsible for providing citizens with tax, licensure, or child support service and state agencies in their administration and budgeting.