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Daniels  \nAlison Heape Johnson  \nJoshua B. McGee  \nPatrick J. Wolf  \nOctober 2025  \nUniversity of Arkansas Department of Education Reform School Choice Demonstration Project In collaboration with the Arkansas Department of Education  \n[https://wordpressua.uark.edu/school-choice-demonstration-project/?p=31084](https://wordpressua.uark.edu/school-choice-demonstration-project/?p=31084)  \nContents  \nExecutive Summary 3  \nIntroduction 5  \nStudent Participation 7  \nSchool Participation 12  \nSchool Retention Rates 17  \nQualifying Expenses 22  \nParticipating Providers 24  \nFiscal Impact 25  \nAssessment Results 28  \n2025-26 EFA Program Summary Highlights 33  \nOffice of School Choice and Parental Empowerment 34  \nUniversity of Arkansas Department of Education Reform 35  \nAppendix A-Expenditure Categories 37  \nAppendix B-EFA Expenditures by Private School/Provider 39  \nAppendix C –Assessment Percentiles 88  \nAppendix D –ATLAS Performance Levels 92  \nExecutive Summary  \nOverview  \nThe 2024–25 school year marked a strong second year for Arkansas’s Education Freedom Accounts (EFA) program, with substantial growth in participation, expanded eligible uses (including homeschool supports), and encouraging indicators on family satisfaction, retention, and student performance. The program remained fiscally modest relative to the state’s K–12 budget while continuing to build operational capacity and provider choice statewide.  \nParticipation and Access  \nParticipation more than doubled to 14,256 active students (up from 5,548). Of these, 10,834 (76%) attended participating private schools and 3,422 (24%) used EFAs to support homeschooling—the first year homeschool became an eligible pathway. Each EFA provided $6,856 (or $7,617 for former Succeed Scholarship students), disbursed quarterly via secure payments to approved schools and providers. Private-school access expanded to 126 participating schools, alongside a growing homeschool ecosystem supported by approved curricula, tutoring, and enrichment providers.  \nRetention and Family Experience  \nRetention from 2024–25 to 2025–26 was strong, with 91% of EFA students continuing in the program. Participating private schools also retained, on average, 84% of their EFA students. Families reported positive experiences as platform reliability, guidance, and communications improved over the year.  \nUse of Funds and Marketplace  \nSpending aligned with the program’s primary purpose—tuition and core educational services—while supporting targeted homeschool needs. The marketplace continued to diversify, with more than 1,800 service providers available in 2024–25 and over 2,100 approved at the beginning of the 2025–26 school year, providing families with expanded access to instructional materials, therapies, enrichment, and tutoring that is consistent with program rules.  \nExecutive Summary  \nStudent Achievement  \nParticipating schools administered nationally norm-referenced assessments (e.g., NWEA MAP, ITBS, Stanford 10), producing valid percentile ranks for submitted tests. 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