WKRN Coverage of Teacher Evaluation Review
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In our last post, we talked about how we are building a system of schools that values flexibility at every level of the organization. This gives our leaders the agency to make critical decisions that increase student achievement. It is our belief that when teachers and school leaders have the flexibility to make these decisions,…
The Common Core has the power to enrich data-driven decisionmaking at all levels Implementation of the Common Core State Standards has begun, and new aligned assessments are on the horizon. Nation-wide state departments of education, teachers, principals, superintendents, have been working to ensure that educators are ready to teach based on the new standards. Meanwhile,…
On Tuesday, leaders from across Tennessee gathered in Nashville to engage in a broad-ranging discussion about better preparing Tennessee’s students through the Common Core State Standards. Governor Bill Haslam, Tennessee Commissioner of Education Kevin Huffman, and SCORE’s Founder and Chairman, Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, all led portions of the program. SCORE hosted…
Last week, students across Tennessee began taking their annual TCAP exams. In a few years, however, those tests will be replaced by computer-based assessments taken by students across a consortium of two dozen states: the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC. As students were taking their exams, higher education leaders…