With the passage of the state’s general fund budget last week, PARCA Senior Research Associate Tom Spencer took a moment Read the full release.  

Alabama’s 2015 graduating class was the first in which all students took the well-known college readiness test, the ACT. New Read the full release.  

With the Governor and Legislature still at odds over how to solve a $250 million shortfall in the state’s General Read the full release.  

PARCA’s new Teachers Matter report, commissioned by the Business Education Alliance, identifies Alabama-specific strategies for recruiting and retaining teachers. The Read the full release.  

Alabama public schools have made substantial progress in raising high school graduation rates, but must continue to improve student performance on Read the full release.  

PARCA continues to explore the results of the state’s new standardized test, the Aspire, and is developing new ways of Read the full release.  

Thanks to Plan 2020, the state’s strategic plan for improving the state’s public schools, schools and the communities they serve Read the full release.  

Jim Williams, who has served as PARCA’s executive director since its founding, plans to step down from that position later Read the full release.  

Take a look at the 2014 ACT Aspire results for Heard Magnet Elementary school in Dothan. The following images show Read the full release.  

Each year, PARCA travels to Dothan to present data on the city school system to educators, parents, and the public. Read the full release.