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1 | 2025 Process | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Identifying Title I Schools and the 1st and 5th Percentile Values | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | The process for identifying schools as part of federal accountability begins with the calculation of the ESSA School Index scores for public schools in Arkansas. A subset of the Title 1 schools is created from among all schools to determine the ESSA School Index Score values at the 1st percentile and 5th percentile. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5 | Number of Title 1 Schools by Grade Span | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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7 | Grade Span | 2025 count (Percent) | 2024 count (Percent) | 2023 count (Percent) | 2022 Count (Percent) | 2021 Count (Percent) | 2019 Count (Percent) | 2018 Count (Percent) | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 1 - Elementary Level | 476 (55.87) | 478 (56.57) | 477 (56.99) | 475 (57.58) | 480 (58.11) | 485 (59.29) | 489 (59.93) | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 2 - Middle Level | 161 (18.9) | 157 (18.58) | 155 (18.52) | 150 (18.18) | 149 (18.04) | 147 (17.97) | 145 (17.77) | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 3 - High School Level | 215 (25.23) | 210 (24.85) | 205 (24.49) | 200 (24.24) | 197 (23.85) | 186 (22.74) | 182 (22.30) | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Total | 852 (100) | 845 (100) | 837 (100) | 825 (100) | 826 (100) | 818 (100) | 816 (100) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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13 | 1st Percentile and 5th Percentile ESSA School Index Score Values of Title 1 Schools All Students Groups | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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15 | 1st Percentile | Value at 1st Percentile 2016 | Value at 1st Percentile 2017 | Value at 1st Percentile 2018 | Value at 1st Percentile 2019 | Value at 1st Percentile 2021 | Value at 1st Percentile 2022 | Value at 1st Percentile 2023 | Value at 1st Percentile 2024 | Value at 1st Percentile 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | 1 - Elementary Level | 56 | 55.62 | 54.09 | 55.3 | 47.27 | 49.15 | 49.79 | 51.84 | 53.24 | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | 2 - Middle Level | 55.22 | 53.6 | 51.12 | 52.51 | 46.96 | 49.27 | 50.35 | 49.08 | 51 | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | 3 - High School Level | 39.95 | 33.82 | 38.86 | 33.43 | 33.85 | 36.12 | 39.02 | 38.46 | 39.41 | |||||||||||||||||||
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20 | 5th Percentile | Value at 5th Percentile 2016 | Value at 5th Percentile 2017 | Value at 5th Percentile 2018** | Value at 5th Percentile 2019 | Value at 5th Percentile 2021 | Value at 5th Percentile 2022 | Value at 5th Percentile 2023 | Value at 5th Percentile 2024 | Value at 5th Percentile 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | 1 - Elementary Level | 59.67 | 59.68 | 57.48 | 58.06 | 50.66 | 52.81 | 54.18 | 57.83 | 58.1 | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | 2 - Middle Level | 58.4 | 58.63 | 55.5 | 55.94 | 50.85 | 53.01 | 54.03 | 63.26 | 54.72 | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | 3 - High School Level | 51.07 | 53.53 | 52.14 | 51.23 | 47.69 | 48.87 | 48.52 | 48.76 | 48.25 | |||||||||||||||||||
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25 | A freeze of identification has been requested for 2025. This report will focus on the exit of schools. Thus, once these statistical landmarks are determined schools are evaluated for: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | TSI-consistently underperforming subgroups. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | ATSI-consistently underperforming schools identified during an identification year based on the ESSA Special Rule §1111(d)2(D). These Additional Targeted Support and Improvement schools are evaluated for whether they have met criteria in 2025 to be considered for exit in 2025. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | CSI-the three categories of Comprehensive Support and Improvement schools are evaluated for whether they have met criteria in 2025 to be considered for exit in 2025. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | CSI 2022 are schools that entered Comprehensive Support and Improvement in 2022. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | MRI CSI 2022 are schools that were identified as needing Comprehensive Support and Improvement in 2018 and were not able to improve to the extent needed to exit by 2022. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | CSI ATSI 2022 are schools that were identified as needing Additional Targeted Support and Improvement in 2018 for one or more subgroups of students and were unable to improve those subgroups to the extent needed to exit by 2022. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Procedures for Identifying Schools with Consistently Underperforming Subgroups (Targeted Support and Improvement Schools) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | As per Arkansas’s approved ESSA plan, schools with one or more consistently underperforming subgroups in need of Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) receive notification. To receive a notification as a school in need of TSI a school with an eligible subgroup must have an ESSA School index Score at or below the ESSA School Index Score value at the first percentile of all Title 1 schools for the All Students group for three consecutive years. For the 2025 TSI determinations the 2023, 2024, and 2025 ESSA School Index scores were used. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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35 | Schools in need of TSI are determined by creating a subset of all schools’ subgroup rows that meet the minimum N of 15 for all indicators. For the 2025 TSI determinations the subset was created for each of three years 2023, 2024, and 2025. For each year the value of the ESSA School Index Score at the 1st percentile is used to determine whether a subgroup is at or below that value. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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37 | Three years of subgroup ESSA School Index Scores, along with three years of score values at the 1st percentile, are used to determine whether a subgroup within a school had an ESSA School Index Value at or below the 1st percentile for three consecutive years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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39 | In 2025, a total of 91 schools met TSI conditions with two schools having multiple subgroups totaling 93 rows. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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41 | Number of Subgroups Meeting TSI Conditions among All Subgroups Meeting Minimum N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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43 | TSI 2025 N (%) | TSI 2024 N (%) | TSI 2023 N (%) | *TSI 2022 N (%) | TSI 2021 N (%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Subgroups Not Identified | 3910 (97.68) | 3938 (97.85) | 3867 (98.55) | 3879 (98.45) | 3878 (98.89) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Subgroups Identified | 93 (2.32) | 86 (2.15) | 57 (1.45) | 61 (1.55) | 40 (1.02) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | Total | 4003 | 4024 | 3924 | 3940 | 3918 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | *2022 was an identification year. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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49 | In 2025, 16 of the schools with consistently underperforming subgroups are already ATSI 2022 schools and 33 are CSI-ATSI 2022 schools. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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51 | Number of Schools with a Subgroup Meeting TSI Conditions by Grade Span and Year | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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53 | Grade Span | TSI 2025 N (%) | TSI 2024 N (%) | TSI 2023 N (%) | TSI 2022 N (%) | TSI 2021 N (%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | 1 - Elementary Level | 41 (45.06) | 38 (46.34) | 26 (45.61) | 30 (49.18) | 24 (60.00) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | 2-Middle Level | 49 (53.85)) | 43 (52.44)) | 30 (52.63) | 31 (50.82) | 16 (40.00) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | 3 – High School Level | 1 (1.01) | 1 (1.22) | 1 (1.76) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Total Schools | 91 | 82 | 57 | 61 | 40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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59 | Subgroup Counts for Subgroups Meeting TSI Conditions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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61 | Students with Disabilities | Black/ African American | Economically Disadvantaged | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
63 | 1 - Elementary Level | 41 | 37 | 23 | 28 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
64 | 2-Middle Level | 49 | 43 | 28 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
65 | 3 – High School Level | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
66 | Total | 90 | 80 | 51 | 58 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
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68 | NOTE: One high school has a consistently underperforming black/ African American subgroup. The first year a high school has been listed as having a consistently underperforming subgroup was in 2023. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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70 | The ESSA School Index scores for 2025 for the 91 schools meeting TSI conditions are provided in Appendix A. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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72 | Impact of Alternative Learning Environment Schools on TSI and ATSI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | The 1st percentile value for high school grade span is very low compared to the elementary and middle levels. This is due to the high school grade span including 16 schools that are alternate learning environments or special charters to serve at risk students. There is only one elementary ALE and no middle school grade span. In prior years these ALE schools have been among the lowest ESSA School Index scores. Because these schools are included in ESSA, the 1st percentile cut scores are very low for high schools. Thus, no high schools were identified with consistently underperforming subgroups (TSI) until 2023. The table below indicates what the 1st and 5th percentiles would be if these schools were not included in the calculation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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75 | 2025 1st Percentile and 5th Percentile ESSA School Index Score Values of Title 1 High Schools with and without ALEs Included | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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77 | Grade Span | Title I Schools’ 1st Percentile Value 2025 | Title I Schools’ 5th Percentile Value 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | Elementary School with ALEs included in ranking | 53.24 | 58.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | Elementary School without ALEs included in ranking | 53.4 | 58.42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | High School with ALEs included in ranking | 39.41 | 48.25 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | High School without ALEs included in ranking | 48.25 | 53.09 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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83 | No ALEs were in the middle school grade span in 2025. The impact of the elementary ALE is minimal. It is the high school 1st and 5th percentile values that are impacted by seven or eight percentage points. This leads to under identifying high schools who are notified for underperforming subgroups via TSI. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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85 | An amendment to the Arkansas Approved ESSA plan that would allow for removing ALEs from the ranking of Title I schools may be a consideration if DESE wishes to ensure high schools with consistently underperforming subgroups are notified and supported. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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87 | Schools Identified as in Need of Additional Targeted Support and Improvement in 2022 (ATSI22) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
88 | Sixteen schools were identified as in Need of ATSI in 2022. These schools were notified of having consistently underperforming subgroups in 2019, 2021 and 2022. All 16 schools were identified for their students with disabilities subgroups. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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90 | Three of the 16 schools identified as needing ATSI in 2022 met exit criteria for their students with disabilities subgroup. Thirteen schools remain ATSI22. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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92 | Patterns of Improvement for ATSI Schools by Grade Span | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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94 | Grade Span | Met One Year of Exit Criteria in 2025 Based on ESSA School Index Exit Criteria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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96 | 1 - Elementary Level | 2 67% | 1 33% | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | 2 - Middle Level | 11 85% | 2 15% | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
98 | Total | 13 | 3 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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100 | The ESSA School Index scores for 2022 - 2025 for the 16 ATSI22 schools are provided in Appendix A. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||