for Arkansas’ education stakeholders.
Who We Are
Explore by Topics, Years or Search
Data
Video Tutorials
YouTube Tutorials to support data use for Arkansas schools. Arkansas-focused education research for Arkansas's education stakeholders.
Key Topics
Research Publications
The View from the OEP Blog
Arkansas Teacher Retention by Subject: Different Subjects, Different Stories
by: Josh McGee, Roy McKenzie, and Gema Zamarro
Making Federal Education Dollars Work Better
by Denise Airola, Ph.D. I can remember back to the days when I was teaching at Jefferson Elementary in the Fayetteville School District. Jefferson...
Rethinking Chronic Absenteeism: Evidence from Student Voices
By: Kim Shaw and Sarah McKenzie With student absenteeism rates still stubbornly high, we need to stop guessing and ask students themselves why they...
Explaining the 2026 Arkansas Merit Teacher Incentive Fund Program
By Josh B. McGee The LEARNS Act (Act 237 of the 2023 Regular Session) established the Merit Teacher Incentive Fund Program—commonly known as Merit...
Are We Beginning to See the Promise of ATLAS?
Denise Airola, Ph.D. The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released results from the 2026 spring tests designed to measure the...
OEP’s First ECE Awards: Celebrating Great Interactions
Here at the Office for Education Policy, we love data. Even more, we love using data to recognize great work happening in classrooms across...
ARteachers.org is a free resource to help teachers find great jobs in Arkansas and for school districts to find great teachers. The Office for Education Policy developed the searchable database.
Contact Us
Email: oep@uark.edu
201 Graduate Education Building
The Office for Education Policy
Arkansas-focused education research for Arkansas’ education stakeholders. Let us answer your questions.
College of Education and Health Professions
University of Arkansas





