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Fetch Arkansas assessment data

Source: R/fetch_assessment.R
fetch_assessment.Rd

Downloads and returns assessment data from the Arkansas Department of Education. Includes ACT Aspire (2016-2023) and ATLAS (2024-present) for grades 3-10. Excludes Grade 11 ACT and SAT by default.

Usage

fetch_assessment(end_year, include_act = FALSE, use_cache = TRUE)

Arguments

end_year

School year end (2023-24 = 2024). Valid range: 2016-2025.

include_act

If FALSE (default), excludes Grade 11 ACT data

use_cache

If TRUE (default), uses locally cached data when available.

Value

Data frame with assessment data

Details

Assessment systems:

  • ATLAS (2024-present): Arkansas Teaching, Learning & Assessment System

    • Proficiency levels: Level 1 (lowest) to Level 4 (highest)

    • Grades 3-10 tested in ELA, Reading, Math

    • Grades 3-8 tested in Science

  • ACT Aspire (2016-2023): College readiness alignment

    • Proficiency levels: In Need of Support, Close, Ready, Exceeding

    • Grades 3-10 tested

    • Includes ELA, Math, Science, Reading, Writing, STEM

  • 2020: No data (COVID-19 testing waiver)

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Get 2024 ATLAS assessment data
assess_2024 <- fetch_assessment(2024)

# Get 2023 ACT Aspire data
assess_2023 <- fetch_assessment(2023)

# Force fresh download
assess_fresh <- fetch_assessment(2024, use_cache = FALSE)
} # }