Booneville Schools Superintendent Trent Goff was notified today by the Office of Education Policy at the University of Arkansas that the school district is one where students demonstrated high growth on the ACT Aspire.
BHS was recognized for growth last year as well.
“As you may know, the OEP creates an annual report entitled the Outstanding Educational Performance Awards where we recognize schools with high student academic growth,” the letter to Goff states. “We think growth is the best indicator of the positive impact that your school is having on students.”
In the OEP’s high school level report published today Booneville High received the following awards:
High Overall Growth (Statewide)
High ELA Growth (Statewide)
High ELA Growth (Northwest region)
“Awards are based on the 2023 content growth score calculated by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education,” according to the award letter. “These growth scores reflect how much students at the school improved from 2022 compared to how much they were expected to grow considering prior achievement. We recognize schools based on Overall growth, as well as for growth in Math and English Language Arts separately.”