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Enrollment Trends in Northwest Arkansas Charter Schools
Northwest Arkansas is home to nine public charter schools, with plans to open a new charter school for the 2020-21 school year. These schools, which serve unique missions, are some of the most highly ranked schools in the State of Arkansas. While critics argue that public charter schools segregate based on race or academic ability, national evidence finds that these claims are highly context specific. What conclusions can we draw about northwest Arkansas charter schools based on enrollment trends in recent years
Sensitivity of the photo-physical properties of organometallic complexes to small chemical changes
We investigate an effective model Hamiltonian for organometallic complexes
that are widely used in optoelectronic devices. The two most important
parameters in the model are , the effective exchange interaction between the
and orbitals of the ligands, and , the renormalized
energy gap between the highest occupied orbitals on the metal and on the
ligand. We find that the degree of metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT)
character of the lowest triplet state is strongly dependent on the ratio
. is purely a property of the complex and can be
changed significantly by even small variations in the complex's chemistry, such
as replacing substituents on the ligands. We find that that small changes in
can cause large changes in the properties of the complex,
including the lifetime of the triplet state and the probability of injected
charges (electrons and holes) forming triplet excitations. These results give
some insight into the observed large changes in the photophysical properties of
organometallic complexes caused by small changes in the ligands.Comment: Accepted for publication in J. Chem. Phys. 14 pages, 9 figures,
Supplementary Info: 15 pages, 17 figure
Computer Science Teacher Survey
In April/May of 2020, the University of Arkansas’ Office for Education Policy (OEP), in partnership with Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson\u27s Computer Science and Cyber Security Task Force, fielded a survey with the 400+ Arkansas educators who at that time held a computer science endorsement (528), computer science approval code (5016), or computer science technical permit (5014) on their educator’s license. The survey received 153 responses, a nearly 40 percent response rate
Arkansas Teachers\u27 Grading Practices and Implications
In this brief, we assess current grading practices in Arkansas. We find teachers’ grading practices are inconsistent across the state. We suggest districts assess their grading practices and provide ongoing professional development opportunities for teachers to reflect on their grading practices
Arkansas Teachers\u27 Grading Practices and Implications
In this brief, we assess current grading practices in Arkansas. We find teachers’ grading practices are inconsistent across the state. We suggest districts assess their grading practices and provide ongoing professional development opportunities for teachers to reflect on their grading practices
K-2 Assessments and Later Student Outcomes
In this brief we examine the characteristics of the districts that selected the various assessments and consider student outcomes both before and after the K-2 vendor selection to see what relationship, if any, exists between which assessment vendor was selected and students academic proficiency and growth
The State of Early Childhood Education & Pre-Kindergarten in Arkansas
This report describes the state of pre-Kindergarten and Early Childhood Education (ECE) access and quality in the state of Arkansas. This report focuses on the 1,571 licensed public and private ECE centers in the state, describing the number of licensed seats in these centers, transportation and funding options, quality ratings, staffing, and distribution of ECE opportunities. The report also includes survey results from 520 leaders of those pre-Kindergarten and ECE centers about their experiences with and thoughts about early childhood education in Arkansas. The findings detailed here should inform interested parties of the current state of ECE and pre-Kindergarten across the state
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Results 2022
The National Center for Education Statistics has released this year’s NAEP results which measure nationwide student performance in 4th and 8th grade reading and math. NAEP is administered nationally to a representative sample of students from all 50 states, so acts as a standard measure of student performance across states and time. In this policy brief will examine Arkansas’ 2022 results and examine score gaps between student groups
Exploration of Motivations for Adopting a Four-Day School Week or Year Round Calendars: Evidence from Arkansas
This brief provides an overview of the motivations for Arkansas school districts adopting a four-day school week or year-round calendar. In addition to examining these motivations, this brief provides an overview of the districts adopting non-traditional calendars and policy recommendations for districts and communities considering changing calendars
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