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Arkansas

Adoption Status

Adoption Status: Withdrawn
Adoption Date: 07/12/2010

Implementation Status

Implementation Type: Incremental
Implementation Timeline: 2011-12, K-2; 2012-13, 3-8; 2013-14, 9-12; 2014-15, Full Implementation, Repealed CCSS 2016

Assessment

Assessment Consortia: State Issued

Arkansas Details

Name of Standards: Curriculum Framework
Standards Numbering Example: Arkansas follows Common Core numbering
Common Core Numbering Example: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.1.OA.A.1
State Documents: English/Language Arts
Mathematics
Last Reviewed: 02/13/2017
Summary

Adopted new Math standards, 2016. In early stages of ELA review.

Arkansas News

Schools to start using new standards (July 22, 2016)

ACT ASPIRE RESULTS: On test, 68% hit mark in English (July 11, 2016)

Math Standards Approved by AR Board of Education (April 14, 2016)

For third year, state’s students get new standardized test (April 3, 2016)

State posts proposed guidelines for math (January 28, 2016)

A Timeline of One State’s Departure from the Common Core in 2015 (January 4, 2016)

Gov. Hutchinson directs Dept. of Education to withdraw from PARCC (June 23, 2015)

Arkansas Becomes 14th State to Adopt Next Generation Science Standards (June 20, 2015)

Lawmaker Says Council Won’t Approve PARCC Test Renewal (June 13, 2015)

Arkansas to Pull Out of PARCC, Use ACT for Standard Tests (June 10, 2015)

Survey: Arkansas teachers like Common Core (May 1, 2015)

Common Core talks underway (April 28, 2015)

Commissioner Commends Conway Schools, Addresses Common Core (October 2, 2014)