By Michel Leidermann

LITTLE ROCK — A recent report unveiled that 375 public schools in Arkansas did not achieve the goals set by law in the "No Child Left Behind Act.".

According to results released on Friday, October 31, there was an increase in the number of schools in Arkansas that failed to meet the targets set by law and because of low scores of its students in math and reading and writing on state exams, now face sanctions ranging from student transfers to other schools, until their closures.

Three hundred seventy-five public schools, out of a total of 1087 in the state, were classified as needing to improve their performance on the basis of results of examinations of Reference (Benchmark) and end-of-course, according to notes taken in the most recent round of exams taken last spring.

Last year 325 schools were in need of improvements, 50 less than this year.