Arkansas Education Board OKs testing programs, accrediting agencies for private schools getting state funds

June 13, 2024 at 7:34 p.m. | Updated June 14, 2024 at 9:48 a.m.

by Cynthia Howell

Sarah Moore (right), chair of the Arkansas Board of Education, asks questions of Stacy Smith, deputy commissioner of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, during the board’s meeting in Little Rock in this Feb. 21, 2024 file photo. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe)
Sarah Moore (right), chair of the Arkansas Board of Education, asks questions of Stacy Smith, deputy commissioner of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, during the board’s meeting in Little Rock in this Feb. 21, 2024 file photo. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe)

The Arkansas Board of Education on Thursday approved two dozen standardized testing systems and about the same number of school accrediting agencies for use by private schools that accept state funding for student tuition and other costs.

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