Letter From Jamie Woodson: A Pause On Student Assessment? A Big Step Back For Students.

Dear Friends, Tennessee has long believed that an annual statewide assessment is central to student achievement growth. When Tennessee aligned annual assessment with our high academic standards, we saw unprecedented growth in student achievement. Recently, we have been discouraged by calls to pause or stop Tennessee’s annual assessment. Although there have been significant challenges, now…

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Letter From Jamie Woodson: Leadership Is A Lever To Lift Students To Greater Academic Heights

Dear Friends, “We rise by lifting others” – Robert G. Ingersoll Educators devote their professional lives to lifting others, and strong leadership is crucial to providing the support necessary for accomplishing great things for students. As SCORE prepared the report, Excellence For All: How Tennessee Can Lift Our Students To Best In The Nation, we…

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