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Third graders who fail to read at grade level on this spring’s summative Arkansas Teaching and Learning Assessment System (ATLAS) testing, and who do not have a good-cause exemption, are in danger of being held back under a provision of the LEARNS Act, the education overhaul law passed in 2023.
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Arkansas Online,
13 Apr. 2026
Without that alignment, these tools risk being treated like high-stakes, summative events and used too sparingly.
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Richard Carranza,
Forbes.com,
18 Feb. 2026
Board member Mark Rising expressed concern about the weighting of formative and summative assessments.
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Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
15 July 2025
This would include both formative feedback, which helps instructors improve in real time, and summative evaluations, which provide a comprehensive view of their overall effectiveness.
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Nicholas Ladany,
Forbes,
24 Sep. 2024
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Arkansas Online,
13 Apr. 2026
Without that alignment, these tools risk being treated like high-stakes, summative events and used too sparingly.
—
Richard Carranza,
Forbes.com,
18 Feb. 2026
Board member Mark Rising expressed concern about the weighting of formative and summative assessments.
—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
15 July 2025
This would include both formative feedback, which helps instructors improve in real time, and summative evaluations, which provide a comprehensive view of their overall effectiveness.
—
Nicholas Ladany,
Forbes,
24 Sep. 2024
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“Summative.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/summative. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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