While the rest of the country has been making fun of Arkansas (per usual) and wallowing in their own fiscal messes, weve been prospering in a recession and have the fastest improving education system in the nation and now have the highest rate of guaranteed college education in the country. 5. Arkansas (One of the 5 Best) Arkansas was given 81.7 percent, which equals a B-. It gets high marks for having defined college readiness, and for having high school degrees and credits that are transferable to college and degree programs. They have set state standards at the elementary, middle, and high school levels and have annual teacher evaluations. Despite not having the highest achieving students, Arkansas has greatly improved their fourth- and eighth-grade math scores on NAEP testing.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 04:54:04 +0000