The Arkansas Department of Education released school and district results today from the first administration of the Arkansas Teaching, Learning, and Assessment System (ATLAS), which replaced ACT Aspire, the previous assessment. Students took the new ATLAS assessments in the spring, and for the first time ever, parents will have access to their child’s scores through the parent portal and can begin conversations with their child’s educators regarding supports to elevate learning.
Because ATLAS is new, today’s results serve as a new baseline for measuring student learning in Arkansas and should not be compared to results from different assessments administered in the past.
ATLAS includes tests for grades Kindergarten through high school, including literacy and math screeners for grades K-3, and end-of-course exams for Algebra 1, Geometry, and Biology that are fully aligned to the Arkansas Academic Standards, or learning expectations of what students should know by grade level and subject area. The descriptors below define the expectation for students at each level.
Level 4: Students demonstrate an advanced understanding.
Level 3: Students demonstrate a proficient understanding.
Level 2: Students demonstrate a basic understanding.
Level 1: Students demonstrate a limited understanding.
Results and Resources:
ATLAS results are available on the department’s My School Info website at https://myschoolinfo.arkansas.gov/, as well as https://dese.link/2024TestScores.
More information regarding ATLAS is available at https://dese.link/ATLAS. Resources include parent resources, as well as testimonials from educators and experts involved in the development of the new assessment system.
Parent Portal: Student Information is also available in the ATLAS Parent Portal at https://atlasportal.org/. Parents will receive information from their child's school soon regarding how to access their child's individual scores in the ATLAS portal.