Resources

All presenter slides will be available at the conclusion of the conference.

• The Arkansas Teacher Pipeline

• The Impact of Teacher Licensure Policies

• Click here to access the AR Data team's dashboard page

• Click here to access the higher education planning guide dashboard

• Pathways Policy Framework from ExcelinEd

• Arkansas Case Study from ExcelinEd

• Click here to access the OEP Parent survey

Sarah Morris: 

GPAs matter

• Farmer, E. D., & Hope, W. C. (2015). Factors that influence african american male retention and graduation: The case of gateway university, a historically black college and university. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 17(1), 2-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/1521025115571074

• Komarraju, M., Ramsey, A., & Rinella, V. (2013). Cognitive and non-cognitive predictors of college readiness and performance: Role of academic discipline. Learning and Individual Differences, 24, 103–109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2012.12.007

Grades predict non-cognitive abilities to adapt to life struggles

• Kopotic, K. (2020). From start to finish: Predicting enrollment and attainment in Arkansas postsecondary education (Order No. 27959327). Available from Dissertations & Theses @ University of Arkansas Fayetteville; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (2407620650). https://www.proquest.com/dissertations finishpredictingenrollmentattainment/docview/2407620650/se 2?accountid=8361 

Chicago researchers find 9th grade a predictive year

• Easton, J.Q., Johnson, E., & Sartain, L. (2017). The predictive power of ninthgrade GPA. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/201810/ Predictive%20Power%20of%20NinthGradeSept%202017Consortium.pdf 

Arkansas 9th Grade Research

• Morris, S. R., McKenzie, S. C., Reid, C. (2021). Examining arkansas’s freshman gpas and long term outcomes. Office for Education Policy, 18(2). https://oep.uark.edu/files/2022/11/18-12_freshman-gpa.pdf 

• Morris, S. R., & McKenzie, S. C. (2022). Arkansas high school freshmen course failures. Office for Education Policy, 19(2). https://oep.uark.edu/files/2022/11/arkansas-freshmen-course-failures-2.pdf 

• Morris, S. R., & McKenzie, S. C. (2022). Freshman success reports. Office for Education Policy Blog. https://oep.uark.edu/freshman-success-reports/ 

• Morris, S. R., & McKenzie, S. C. (2023). Arkansas 9th grade course failures and building configurations. Office for Education Policy, 20(1). https://oep.uark.edu/files/2023/02/20.1-Ninth-Grade-Building-Configurations.pdf 

Kate Barnes:

Building Transition Year Work

• Click here for the full report

• Click here for the policy brief

• Click here for a blog post about the research

Calendar Report

• Coming soon!