2015 Arkansas Code
Title 6 - Education
Subtitle 2 - Elementary And Secondary Education Generally
Chapter 15 - Educational Standards and Quality Generally
Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Comprehensive Testing, Assessment, and Accountability Program Act
§ 6-15-415 - Public availability of test instruments and scores.

(a) Any material containing the identifiable scores of individual students on any test taken pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter shall not be considered a public record within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq., and shall not be disseminated or otherwise made available to the public by any member of the State Board of Education, any employee of the Department of Education, any member of the board of directors of a school district, any employee of a school district, or any other person, except as permitted under the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g.

(b) All analyses, reports, and compilations of test scores which do not contain personal and identifiable education information shall be considered a public record within the meaning of the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.

(c) In order to protect the validity and reliability of the basic competency tests, the test instruments shall not be made available to the general public.