LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Officials with the Arkansas Department of Education released the school letter grades for the 2024-2025 school year.

The Friday release marked the first year of the state’s updated accountability formula.

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders explained the update in the context of her signature LEARNS Act.

“LEARNS is all about improving the way we educate kids in Arkansas, and our new letter grade formula, alongside the new ATLAS exam, allows us to do that with a better, more full picture of where each of our students and schools stand,” the governor said. “We never want to settle until every child in Arkansas has a pathway to success and with this additional information and the new resources now available through the LEARNS Act, we are creating opportunities to help every stu

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