AIP, Academic Improvement Plan, for most students this means nothing, but for about 250 students at Parkview, this means a lost elective and a remediation course. Last, school year students were told that if they did not score proficient or above on benchmark exams, that they would be placed in an AIP class. This new guideline was implemented in accordance with the No Child Left Behind Act. According to the act, the state must require school districts to provide for remediation students that do not score proficient or above on the benchmark exams, and the Little Rock School District developed AIP. Many students that are enrolled in the AIP program feel that even though their scores were not proficient or above, they were close enough to not have to take the AIP class. "I was only ten points away from proficient, ten points!” said an upset sophomore, Candice Strong, "...now I have to take some class that is just going to teach me what I already know!"

The benchmark exam is given in three areas, Geometry, Algebra I, and Literacy which is taken junior year. This exam judges how well a student can display their knowledge on a particular subject. When the results come back the student is given an numerical score, and is placed into one of four categories, advanced which is a score of 250 or above, and means the students knowledge is superior in that subject, proficient which is a score of 200-249, and means that the students knowledge is satisfactory in that subject area, basic ,which is a score of 150-199, and means that the students knowledge is not sufficient, or below basic, which is a score of 149 and below, and means that the students knowledge of the is subject is very limited.

Parkview is currently the only high school is the Little Rock School District that is not on alert. Alert is a status that is assigned to all school that do not test enough students, or their scores are too low. Though Parkview students generally did well, says Mr. Henderson Math Department Coordinator, one of the students weakest areas was triangles on the Geometry exam, and according to students, triangles were part of the open-ended response portion fo the test. "It is almost impossible to score well if you do not answer the open-ended questions." said Henderson, he added that the benchmark exams are going to begin testing in other subject areas in the near future, "A field test will be given to Biology students this year, to help determine what score ranges will be for that particular exam." said Henderson, he goes on to say "Students in the seventh grade now will be required to not only take the benchmark exam, but score well, or they will not graduate, unless they take it again."