Arkansas Education Record

Mrs. Clinton claims to have the experience necessary to improve New York's school mainly through her experience chairing a committee to improve education in Arkansas.

Some facts about the Arkansas education system:

From 1984 to 1992, education spending in Arkansas more than doubled.
The 1992 ACT (American College) test scores were the same as they were in 1972.
Between 1988 and 1995, the percentile rankings of Arkansas fourth-graders on nationally normed reading tests fell 21 percent ... . In math, the scores were down 25 percent.
In May 1991, a record 22% of the Little Rock School District's eighth graders failed the state's Minimum Performance Test.

Was this in the best interest of the children?

Hillary Clinton's team developed a program to test the basic knowledge and skills of all Arkansas teachers. Those teachers who failed the statewide test would be given two years to make up their deficiencies and then re-tested. If they still could not demonstrate basic skills, they would be discharged. The plan was widely popular by parents and strongly opposed by the teachers unions (who picketed and withdrew political support from Bill Clinton).

When the test results came in, 50% of the teachers had failed. Rather than presenting the poor results, they called in Dick Morris to determine an "acceptable" percentage- and by polling arrived at a figure of 10% which was then released to the public. In the end, only a handful of teachers ever lost their job.

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