A sample of Arkansas 4th- and 8th-grade students showed no improvement in spring 2009 testing on scores made in 2007 on the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

The state Education Department emphasizes the positive — Arkansas didn’t decline and national scores were largely unchanged as well — and pledges future improvement in this news release.

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Here’s the national report card.

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