With three different summative assessments in three years, the only way to glean if a school district and/or school is improving is to compare cumulative summative scores to other school districts and/or schools.

Here’s how the Texarkana School District ranks in the past five years of summative tests, when compared to all other Arkansas school districts and open-enrollment public charter schools.

Year	Test	No. of Districts/ Charter Schools	% Proficient/ Advanced Math	Rank	% Proficient/ Advanced Literacy	Rank
2012-13	Benchmark	261	65%	203rd	72%	203rd
2013-14	Benchmark	252	61%	219th	68%	216th
			% Met/Exceeded Expectations Math		% Met/Exceeded Expectations Literacy
2014-15	PARCC	251	15%	188th	22%	196th
			% Meeting Readiness Benchmark Math		% Meeting Readiness Benchmark English Language Arts
2015-16	ACT Aspire	254	31%	200th	37%	195th
2016-17	ACT Aspire	257	34%	199th	40%	207th

 
Source: Office for Education Policy – Arkansas Schools Data – Benchmark, PARCC, ACT Aspire