On Arkansas's ATLAS and ACT Aspire tests, Grade 10 ELA is reported on a scale from 1000 to 1117 (2024 to 2026), and each score falls into one of 4 performance levels. Reaching Level 3, at 1060 or above, is the state's proficiency line.
The score ranges changed during these years, so each period has its own table below, newest first.
From 2024, ELA is the ATLAS test, which replaced ACT Aspire with its own scale and achievement levels. Percentiles compare across the change, because each year is compared with its own students.
| Level | Score range | What it means | Statewide 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | 1000–1041 | The lowest level, well below the state standard | 23% |
| Level 2 | 1042–1059 | Approaching the state standard | 40% |
| Level 3 | 1060–1072 | Meeting the state standard (the proficiency line) | 26% |
| Level 4 | 1073–1117 | The highest level, above the state standard | 11% |
| Level | Score range | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| In Need of Support | 403–425 | The lowest level, well below the state standard |
| Close | 426–429 | Approaching the state standard |
| Ready | 430–433 | Meeting the state standard (the proficiency line) |
| Exceeding | 434–449 | The highest level, above the state standard |
Statewide in 2026, about 37% of the students counted for Grade 10 ELA reached Level 3 or Level 4. The bar above shows the share at each level (left = lowest).
These numbers are the Arkansas public-school students with results at their school. From 2018 to 2023 every student in grade 9 and grade 10 took ACT Aspire in English language arts, math and science. From 2024 every student in grade 9 and grade 10 takes the ATLAS English language arts test, and students take the Algebra I, Geometry and Biology tests in the year they take the course, in any grade: middle-school students who take Algebra I early are included, counted at their middle school. Arkansas reports each grade separately and leaves out any group of fewer than 10 students, so a school's course total can miss a few students.
More on who is counted, and how: see how we count.
A score's meaning depends on where it lands in the ranges above, and on how it compares to other students who took the same test. Our free tool turns a Grade 10 ELA score into an estimated percentile versus the school, district, county and the whole state, so you can see where a score stands, not just its level.
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