Twenty years ago, the University of Arkansas launched the Department of Education Reform (EDRE) with the bold vision of using research to transform how education policy is designed and delivered. Two decades later, Arkansas has become a national proving ground for what is possible when evidence, policy and community align for students.

The Times of India recently reported, "Arkansas has become one of America's most consequential education experiments." For the world to be taking note of the innovation in Arkansas shows just how far the state has come and how much it has to teach the rest of the country.

The timing couldn't be more crucial. The latest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results show that high school students' reading and math scores are the lowest in over 2

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