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Each year, the Office for Education Policy creates a state report card that highlights recent test scores, achievement gaps, graduation rates, teacher salary, and so on. In an attempt to provide more detailed information, we have created an edition of the report card specific to the Northwest Arkansas region. Here, we compare the most recent information for Arkansas, Northwest Arkansas, and the “Big 5” districts in Northwest Arkansas.  For the purpose of this report, the following districts were used for calculating the Northwest Arkansas (NWA) average: Bentonville, Decatur, Elkins, Farmington, Fayetteville, Gentry, Gravette, Greenland, Lincoln, Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove, Rogers, Siloam Springs, Springdale, and West Fork (districts in Washington and Benton counties). The “Big 5” districts are Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers, Siloam Springs, and Springdale. We chose to highlight the “Big 5” districts individually because more than 80% of the students in Northwest Arkansas attend these districts

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University of Arkansas, FayettevilleScholarWorks@UARKEducation Report Card Office for Education Policy5-6-20102009 Northwest Arkansas Report CardGary RitterFollow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.uark.edu/oepcardPart of the Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, and the EducationPolicy CommonsThis Report Card is brought to you for free and open access by the Office for Education Policy at ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted forinclusion in Education Report Card by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact scholar@uark.edu,ccmiddle@uark.edu.Recommended CitationRitter, Gary, "2009 Northwest Arkansas Report Card" (2010). Education Report Card. 14.http://scholarworks.uark.edu/oepcard/14 Office for Education Policy 2009 Northwest Arkansas Report Card Sections of this report:  1. Performance on Standardized Assessments  2. Achievement Gaps   3. Secondary and Beyond  4. School Characteristics Each year, the Office for Education Policy creates a state report card that highlights recent test scores, achievement gaps, graduation rates, teacher salary, and so on. In an attempt to provide more detailed information, we have created an edition of the report card specific to the Northwest Arkansas region. Here, we compare the most recent information for Arkansas, Northwest Arkansas, and the “Big 5” districts in Northwest Arkansas.  For the purpose of this report, the following districts were used for calculating the Northwest Arkansas (NWA) average: Bentonville, Decatur, Elkins, Farmington, Fayetteville, Gentry, Gravette, Greenland, Lincoln, Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove, Rogers, Siloam Springs, Springdale, and West Fork (districts in Washington and Benton counties). The “Big 5” districts are Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers, Siloam Springs, and Springdale. We chose to highlight the “Big 5” districts individually because more than 80% of the students in Northwest Arkansas attend these districts. Here are a few highlights from the 2009 Northwest Arkansas Report Card: • The Northwest Arkansas performance is higher than the statewide average on the Benchmark and End-of-Course exams. (Section 1 and Table 3.2) • The individual student groups (white, black, Hispanic, and FRL students) generally have higher scores than do their peers across the state. However, the poverty gap is larger in Northwest Arkansas. The gap between white and black students is smaller in NWA, but the gap between white and Hispanic students is larger in NWA.  (Section 2) • Starting teachers in Northwest Arkansas earn substantially higher salaries than do their peers across the state. (Table 4.2) Read the following pages for more highlights...We hope you enjoy!   90.282.6 85.8 82.873.181.876.70.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.090.0100.0Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/Advanced92 88 89 87 84 86 8381 66 81 73 68 73 7278 66 82 55 66 580102030405060708090100Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/AdvancedWhite Hispanic Black8320821985280102030405060708090100Adults with at least high school diplomaAdults with at least Bachelor's degreeNWAArkansasUS$42,230.00 $41,310.00 $41,300.00 $37,850.00 $41,757.00 $35,925.00 $31,631.00 $-$5,000.00 $10,000.00 $15,000.00 $20,000.00 $25,000.00 $30,000.00 $35,000.00 $40,000.00 $45,000.00 Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasThis section highlights overall student performance on the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing Assessment and Accountability Program (ACTAAP), or Arkansas Benchmark. These results from 2009 compare the Arkansas average, the Northwest Arkansas average, and the “Big 5” districts in grades three through eight. We have created two weighted averages for the percent of students scoring in the proficient and advanced range—an elementary average (which includes grades three through five) and a middle school average (which includes grades six through eight). Table 1.1: AR Benchmark Math Exam: Percent Proficient and Advanced, 2009 1. Performance on Standardized Assessments Table 1.2: AR Benchmark Literacy Exam: Percent Proficient and Advanced, 2009 7176857783856168797178810 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100876543Percent of Students Scoring in the Proficient/Advanced CategoryGradeARNWA8273747375707263676871670 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100876543Percent of Students Scoring in the Proficient/Advanced CategoryGradeARNWATable 1.4: AR Benchmark Math Exam: Middle School Average (Grades 6—8), 2009 Table 1.3: AR Benchmark Math Exam: Elementary Average (Grades 3—5), 2009 Table 1.5: AR Benchmark Literacy Exam: Elementary Average (Grades 3—5), 2009 Table 1.6: AR Benchmark Literacy Exam: Middle School Average (Grades 6—8), 2009 88.383.276.9 79.966.377.569.40.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.090.0100.0Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/Advanced90.282.6 85.8 82.873.181.876.70.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.090.0100.0Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/Advanced82.075.8 74.469.563.272.468.40.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.090.0100.0Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/Advanced84.6 81.5 78.573.365.776.167.20.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.090.0100.0Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/Advanced2.  Achievement Gaps A critical area of concern for schools is the achievement gap between majority and minority students. On these pages, we compare the performance on the Arkansas Benchmark for White, Hispanic, and Black students to highlight the racial achievement gap. We compare these subpopulations for Arkansas, Northwest Arkansas, and the “Big 5” districts. If there were 10 or fewer students tested in a particular grade, the data were not included. Table 2.1: AR Benchmark Math Exam: Elementary Average (Grades 3—5), 2009 Table 2.2: AR Benchmark Math Exam: Middle School Average (Grades 6—8), 2009 90 8782 84788377807368725664 6482656068 69480102030405060708090100Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam SpringsSpringdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/AdvancedWhiteHispanicBlack9288 89 87 84 86 83816681736873 727866825566580102030405060708090100Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam SpringsSpringdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/AdvancedWhiteHispanicBlack • On average, Northwest Arkansas white students scored two to seven percentage points higher than did their peers across the state. • Hispanic students in Northwest Arkansas and Arkansas scored at similar levels—the average was the same in middle school math and elementary literacy. • Black students performed eight to 21 percentage points higher in Northwest Arkansas than did their peers across the state. Table 2.3: AR Benchmark Literacy Exam: Elementary Average (Grades 3—5), 2009 Table 2.4: AR Benchmark Literacy Exam: Middle School Average (Grades 6—8), 2009 84 81 8077 79 79 7765556451 5257 577458885863490102030405060708090100Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam SpringsSpringdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/AdvancedWhiteHispanicBlack86 85 8479 8082757370 70605262 598063 60 6266460102030405060708090100Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam SpringsSpringdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/AdvancedWhiteHispanicBlack2.  Achievement Gaps Table 2.5: AR Benchmark Math Exam: Elementary Average (Grades 3—5), 2009 Table 2.6: AR Benchmark Math Exam: Middle School Average (Grades 6—8), 2009 To examine achievement gaps related to poverty, we compare Benchmark performance for students eligible for free and reduced lunch (FRL) to the overall average. Again, we compare these subpopulations in Arkansas, Northwest Arkansas, and the “Big 5” school districts. Note: The “overall average” includes all students, FRL eligible and non-FRL eligible students. 9083 86 83738277826781746572 690102030405060708090100Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/AdvancedOverall Average, All Students Free/Reduced Lunch Students888377 806678698169 69 715667600102030405060708090100Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/AdvancedOverall Average, All Students Free/Reduced Lunch StudentsTable  2.7: AR Benchmark Literacy Exam: Elementary Average (Grades 3—5), 2009 Table 2.8: AR Benchmark Literacy Exam: Middle School Average (Grades 6—8), 2009  • Elementary FRL students in Northwest Arkansas perform right at the state average. • Middle school FRL students in Northwest Arkansas scored seven to eight percentage points higher  than did their peers across Arkansas. • The poverty gap was larger in Northwest Arkansas than the state in elementary math, middle school math, and middle school literacy. 8276 7470637268705666585260 590102030405060708090100Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/AdvancedOverall Average, All Students Free/Reduced Lunch Students85 82 7973667667716371605264560102030405060708090100Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/AdvancedOverall Average, All Students Free/Reduced Lunch StudentsTable 3.2: End-of-Course Percent Proficient and Advanced, 2009 3.  Secondary and Beyond In preparation for graduation and postsecondary education, Arkansas students take End-of-Course examinations and the ACT. The following section highlights the most recent scores from such exams in Arkansas, Northwest Arkansas, and the “Big 5” districts when appropriate. In addition, graduation rates and adult education attainment levels are also presented.   ACT Participation Rate* ACT Average Score Bentonville 70.1 23.1 Fayetteville 68.5 24.1 Rogers 58.6 22.3 Siloam Springs 59.7 22.4 Springdale 57.3 22.7 NWA 56.2 22.6 AR 64.1 20.9 US* 42.0 21.2 *2007 data   Table 3.3: ACT, 2008   Literacy Algebra Geometry Biology Bentonville 85 92 90 71 Fayetteville 71 86 80 61 Rogers 68 75 78 58 Siloam Springs 54 73 77 40 Springdale 57 70 68 38 NWA 67 77 77 51 Arkansas 57 71 66 41   Graduation Rate Bentonville 89% Fayetteville 81% Rogers 82% Siloam Springs 95% Springdale 81% Northwest Arkansas 84% Arkansas 76% United States* 73% *2007 data  Table 3.1: High School Graduation Rates, 2008 Table 3.4: Adult Education Levels, 2008 8320821985280102030405060708090100Adults with at least high school diplomaAdults with at least Bachelor's degreeNWAArkansasUS • The NWA graduation rate is 84%, eight percentage points higher than the Arkansas average.  • NWA has a lower ACT participation rate than Arkansas , but higher ACT average score.  • The percentage of adults with a high school diploma or Bachelor’s degree are similar for NWA and Arkansas. $42,230 $41,310 $41,300 $37,850 $41,757 $35,925 $31,631 $-$10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansas4.  School Characteristics This section concludes with background information, including enrollment, student demographics, teacher salary (based on a beginning salary with a Bachelor’s degree), and an Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) summary.   %  White %  Black %  Hispanic %  Other %  FRL #  Students #  Schools Average School Size Bentonville 83 3 9 5 26 12,555 15 837 Fayetteville 74 11 9 6 36 8,512 14 608 Rogers 56 1 40 3 58 13,967 20 698 Siloam Springs 66 1 23 10 50 3,849 5 770 Springdale 47 2 42 9 57 17,869 25 715 NWA 67 3 24 6 47 70,475 117 602 Arkansas 67 22 9 2  54 479,055 1,092 439 Table 4.1: Student Demographics and School Enrollment, 2009 Table 4.2: Starting Salary (Bachelor’s Degree), 2009 1 3 4 7 2 Table 4.3: Adequate Yearly Progress (School-Level), 2009 AYP Label  or Category Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale NWA AR Achieving 14  6 13 0 6 59 504         % of Schools Labeled Achieving 93% 43% 65% 0% 24% 50% 46% Alert 0 6 4 0 7 26 175 Targeted Improvement 1 1 1 3 7 20 138 Whole School Improvement 0 1 0 1 4 6 113 Targeted Intensive Improvement 0 0 2 1 1 4 29 Whole School Intensive Improvement 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 State Directed Schools 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 Note: These numbers represent the number of schools in a district that are identified for each label. For more information about the AYP labels, visit the Arkansas Department of Education news release: http://arkansased.org/about/pdf/releases/ayp_release_100909.pdf Note: The numbers in the bar for the “Big 5” districts represent the district’s rank in the state based on starting salary.   Office for Education Policy Office for Education Policy Mission: The Office for Education Policy seeks to be a resource that aids state policymakers,  educators, administrators, and other leaders in thoughtful decision-making  concerning K-12 education in the state of Arkansas. Office for Education Policy  University of Arkansas 201 Graduate Education Building Fayetteville, AR 72701  Phone:  (479) 575-3773 Fax:  (479) 575-3196 E-mail:  oep@uark.edu www.uark.edu/ua/oep  OEP Director: Gary Ritter  Research Associates: Nathan Jensen Caleb Rose James Shuls  Research  Assistants: Bentley Kirkland Helen Barnard Thank you for reading the 2009 Northwest Arkansas Report Card. After we released the state report card, we were interested to see how our neighborhood districts in Northwest Arkansas were performing. So here is the new NWA edition of the OEP report card. There is much good news to report for Northwest Arkansas. For example, students outperform their state-wide peers on state assessments, graduation rates are high, and teacher salaries are higher in Northwest Arkansas than across the state. However, there is always room for improvement, especially in relation to achievement gaps. Troubling achievement gaps persist, for both our minority and our economically disadvantaged students, in Northwest Arkansas and in the state as a whole.  We hope you find the NWA edition of the report card helpful. A document that provides the source for each table can be found at http://www.uark.edu/ua/oep/report_cards/2009_NWAReportCard_Sources.pdf. Thanks again for reading. We appreciate your support and interest in the students of Arkansas!  The Director’s Note 

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University of Arkansas, Fayetteville ScholarWorks@UARK Education Report Card Office for Education Policy 5-6-2010 2009 Northwest Arkansas Report Card Gary Ritter Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/oepcard  Part of the Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, and the Education Policy Commons Citation Ritter, G. (2010). 2009 Northwest Arkansas Report Card. Education Report Card. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/oepcard/14 This Report Card is brought to you for free and open access by the Office for Education Policy at ScholarWorks@UARK. It has been accepted for inclusion in Education Report Card by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UARK. For more information, please contact scholar@uark.edu.  Office for Education Policy 2009 Northwest Arkansas Report Card Sections of this report:  1. Performance on Standardized Assessments  2. Achievement Gaps   3. Secondary and Beyond  4. School Characteristics Each year, the Office for Education Policy creates a state report card that highlights recent test scores, achievement gaps, graduation rates, teacher salary, and so on. In an attempt to provide more detailed information, we have created an edition of the report card specific to the Northwest Arkansas region. Here, we compare the most recent information for Arkansas, Northwest Arkansas, and the “Big 5” districts in Northwest Arkansas.  For the purpose of this report, the following districts were used for calculating the Northwest Arkansas (NWA) average: Bentonville, Decatur, Elkins, Farmington, Fayetteville, Gentry, Gravette, Greenland, Lincoln, Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove, Rogers, Siloam Springs, Springdale, and West Fork (districts in Washington and Benton counties). The “Big 5” districts are Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers, Siloam Springs, and Springdale. We chose to highlight the “Big 5” districts individually because more than 80% of the students in Northwest Arkansas attend these districts. Here are a few highlights from the 2009 Northwest Arkansas Report Card: • The Northwest Arkansas performance is higher than the statewide average on the Benchmark and End-of-Course exams. (Section 1 and Table 3.2) • The individual student groups (white, black, Hispanic, and FRL students) generally have higher scores than do their peers across the state. However, the poverty gap is larger in Northwest Arkansas. The gap between white and black students is smaller in NWA, but the gap between white and Hispanic students is larger in NWA.  (Section 2) • Starting teachers in Northwest Arkansas earn substantially higher salaries than do their peers across the state. (Table 4.2) Read the following pages for more highlights...We hope you enjoy!   90.282.6 85.8 82.873.181.876.70.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.090.0100.0Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/Advanced92 88 89 87 84 86 8381 66 81 73 68 73 7278 66 82 55 66 580102030405060708090100Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/AdvancedWhite Hispanic Black8320821985280102030405060708090100Adults with at least high school diplomaAdults with at least Bachelor's degreeNWAArkansasUS$42,230.00 $41,310.00 $41,300.00 $37,850.00 $41,757.00 $35,925.00 $31,631.00 $-$5,000.00 $10,000.00 $15,000.00 $20,000.00 $25,000.00 $30,000.00 $35,000.00 $40,000.00 $45,000.00 Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasThis section highlights overall student performance on the Arkansas Comprehensive Testing Assessment and Accountability Program (ACTAAP), or Arkansas Benchmark. These results from 2009 compare the Arkansas average, the Northwest Arkansas average, and the “Big 5” districts in grades three through eight. We have created two weighted averages for the percent of students scoring in the proficient and advanced range—an elementary average (which includes grades three through five) and a middle school average (which includes grades six through eight). Table 1.1: AR Benchmark Math Exam: Percent Proficient and Advanced, 2009 1. Performance on Standardized Assessments Table 1.2: AR Benchmark Literacy Exam: Percent Proficient and Advanced, 2009 7176857783856168797178810 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100876543Percent of Students Scoring in the Proficient/Advanced CategoryGradeARNWA8273747375707263676871670 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100876543Percent of Students Scoring in the Proficient/Advanced CategoryGradeARNWATable 1.4: AR Benchmark Math Exam: Middle School Average (Grades 6—8), 2009 Table 1.3: AR Benchmark Math Exam: Elementary Average (Grades 3—5), 2009 Table 1.5: AR Benchmark Literacy Exam: Elementary Average (Grades 3—5), 2009 Table 1.6: AR Benchmark Literacy Exam: Middle School Average (Grades 6—8), 2009 88.383.276.9 79.966.377.569.40.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.090.0100.0Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/Advanced90.282.6 85.8 82.873.181.876.70.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.090.0100.0Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/Advanced82.075.8 74.469.563.272.468.40.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.090.0100.0Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/Advanced84.6 81.5 78.573.365.776.167.20.010.020.030.040.050.060.070.080.090.0100.0Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/Advanced2.  Achievement Gaps A critical area of concern for schools is the achievement gap between majority and minority students. On these pages, we compare the performance on the Arkansas Benchmark for White, Hispanic, and Black students to highlight the racial achievement gap. We compare these subpopulations for Arkansas, Northwest Arkansas, and the “Big 5” districts. If there were 10 or fewer students tested in a particular grade, the data were not included. Table 2.1: AR Benchmark Math Exam: Elementary Average (Grades 3—5), 2009 Table 2.2: AR Benchmark Math Exam: Middle School Average (Grades 6—8), 2009 90 8782 84788377807368725664 6482656068 69480102030405060708090100Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam SpringsSpringdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/AdvancedWhiteHispanicBlack9288 89 87 84 86 83816681736873 727866825566580102030405060708090100Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam SpringsSpringdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/AdvancedWhiteHispanicBlack • On average, Northwest Arkansas white students scored two to seven percentage points higher than did their peers across the state. • Hispanic students in Northwest Arkansas and Arkansas scored at similar levels—the average was the same in middle school math and elementary literacy. • Black students performed eight to 21 percentage points higher in Northwest Arkansas than did their peers across the state. Table 2.3: AR Benchmark Literacy Exam: Elementary Average (Grades 3—5), 2009 Table 2.4: AR Benchmark Literacy Exam: Middle School Average (Grades 6—8), 2009 84 81 8077 79 79 7765556451 5257 577458885863490102030405060708090100Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam SpringsSpringdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/AdvancedWhiteHispanicBlack86 85 8479 8082757370 70605262 598063 60 6266460102030405060708090100Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam SpringsSpringdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/AdvancedWhiteHispanicBlack2.  Achievement Gaps Table 2.5: AR Benchmark Math Exam: Elementary Average (Grades 3—5), 2009 Table 2.6: AR Benchmark Math Exam: Middle School Average (Grades 6—8), 2009 To examine achievement gaps related to poverty, we compare Benchmark performance for students eligible for free and reduced lunch (FRL) to the overall average. Again, we compare these subpopulations in Arkansas, Northwest Arkansas, and the “Big 5” school districts. Note: The “overall average” includes all students, FRL eligible and non-FRL eligible students. 9083 86 83738277826781746572 690102030405060708090100Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/AdvancedOverall Average, All Students Free/Reduced Lunch Students888377 806678698169 69 715667600102030405060708090100Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/AdvancedOverall Average, All Students Free/Reduced Lunch StudentsTable  2.7: AR Benchmark Literacy Exam: Elementary Average (Grades 3—5), 2009 Table 2.8: AR Benchmark Literacy Exam: Middle School Average (Grades 6—8), 2009  • Elementary FRL students in Northwest Arkansas perform right at the state average. • Middle school FRL students in Northwest Arkansas scored seven to eight percentage points higher  than did their peers across Arkansas. • The poverty gap was larger in Northwest Arkansas than the state in elementary math, middle school math, and middle school literacy. 8276 7470637268705666585260 590102030405060708090100Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/AdvancedOverall Average, All Students Free/Reduced Lunch Students85 82 7973667667716371605264560102030405060708090100Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansasPercent Proficient/AdvancedOverall Average, All Students Free/Reduced Lunch StudentsTable 3.2: End-of-Course Percent Proficient and Advanced, 2009 3.  Secondary and Beyond In preparation for graduation and postsecondary education, Arkansas students take End-of-Course examinations and the ACT. The following section highlights the most recent scores from such exams in Arkansas, Northwest Arkansas, and the “Big 5” districts when appropriate. In addition, graduation rates and adult education attainment levels are also presented.   ACT Participation Rate* ACT Average Score Bentonville 70.1 23.1 Fayetteville 68.5 24.1 Rogers 58.6 22.3 Siloam Springs 59.7 22.4 Springdale 57.3 22.7 NWA 56.2 22.6 AR 64.1 20.9 US* 42.0 21.2 *2007 data   Table 3.3: ACT, 2008   Literacy Algebra Geometry Biology Bentonville 85 92 90 71 Fayetteville 71 86 80 61 Rogers 68 75 78 58 Siloam Springs 54 73 77 40 Springdale 57 70 68 38 NWA 67 77 77 51 Arkansas 57 71 66 41   Graduation Rate Bentonville 89% Fayetteville 81% Rogers 82% Siloam Springs 95% Springdale 81% Northwest Arkansas 84% Arkansas 76% United States* 73% *2007 data  Table 3.1: High School Graduation Rates, 2008 Table 3.4: Adult Education Levels, 2008 8320821985280102030405060708090100Adults with at least high school diplomaAdults with at least Bachelor's degreeNWAArkansasUS • The NWA graduation rate is 84%, eight percentage points higher than the Arkansas average.  • NWA has a lower ACT participation rate than Arkansas , but higher ACT average score.  • The percentage of adults with a high school diploma or Bachelor’s degree are similar for NWA and Arkansas. $42,230 $41,310 $41,300 $37,850 $41,757 $35,925 $31,631 $-$10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale Northwest ArkansasArkansas4.  School Characteristics This section concludes with background information, including enrollment, student demographics, teacher salary (based on a beginning salary with a Bachelor’s degree), and an Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) summary.   %  White %  Black %  Hispanic %  Other %  FRL #  Students #  Schools Average School Size Bentonville 83 3 9 5 26 12,555 15 837 Fayetteville 74 11 9 6 36 8,512 14 608 Rogers 56 1 40 3 58 13,967 20 698 Siloam Springs 66 1 23 10 50 3,849 5 770 Springdale 47 2 42 9 57 17,869 25 715 NWA 67 3 24 6 47 70,475 117 602 Arkansas 67 22 9 2  54 479,055 1,092 439 Table 4.1: Student Demographics and School Enrollment, 2009 Table 4.2: Starting Salary (Bachelor’s Degree), 2009 1 3 4 7 2 Table 4.3: Adequate Yearly Progress (School-Level), 2009 AYP Label  or Category Bentonville Fayetteville Rogers Siloam Springs Springdale NWA AR Achieving 14  6 13 0 6 59 504         % of Schools Labeled Achieving 93% 43% 65% 0% 24% 50% 46% Alert 0 6 4 0 7 26 175 Targeted Improvement 1 1 1 3 7 20 138 Whole School Improvement 0 1 0 1 4 6 113 Targeted Intensive Improvement 0 0 2 1 1 4 29 Whole School Intensive Improvement 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 State Directed Schools 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 Note: These numbers represent the number of schools in a district that are identified for each label. For more information about the AYP labels, visit the Arkansas Department of Education news release: http://arkansased.org/about/pdf/releases/ayp_release_100909.pdf Note: The numbers in the bar for the “Big 5” districts represent the district’s rank in the state based on starting salary.   Office for Education Policy Office for Education Policy Mission: The Office for Education Policy seeks to be a resource that aids state policymakers,  educators, administrators, and other leaders in thoughtful decision-making  concerning K-12 education in the state of Arkansas. Office for Education Policy  University of Arkansas 201 Graduate Education Building Fayetteville, AR 72701  Phone:  (479) 575-3773 Fax:  (479) 575-3196 E-mail:  oep@uark.edu www.uark.edu/ua/oep  OEP Director: Gary Ritter  Research Associates: Nathan Jensen Caleb Rose James Shuls  Research  Assistants: Bentley Kirkland Helen Barnard Thank you for reading the 2009 Northwest Arkansas Report Card. After we released the state report card, we were interested to see how our neighborhood districts in Northwest Arkansas were performing. So here is the new NWA edition of the OEP report card. There is much good news to report for Northwest Arkansas. For example, students outperform their state-wide peers on state assessments, graduation rates are high, and teacher salaries are higher in Northwest Arkansas than across the state. However, there is always room for improvement, especially in relation to achievement gaps. Troubling achievement gaps persist, for both our minority and our economically disadvantaged students, in Northwest Arkansas and in the state as a whole.  We hope you find the NWA edition of the report card helpful. A document that provides the source for each table can be found at http://www.uark.edu/ua/oep/report_cards/2009_NWAReportCard_Sources.pdf. Thanks again for reading. We appreciate your support and interest in the students of Arkansas!  The Director’s Note 

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