State of Education in Tennessee Report Calls for Sustaining Commitment to Standards, Assessments

The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) today released 2013-14 State of Education in Tennessee, a comprehensive annual report that assesses Tennessee’s recent work to improve K-12 student academic performance and identifies five priorities for public education this year. The 52-page report was released by SCORE’s founder and chairman, Senator Bill Frist, M.D., at an…

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Statement from SCORE about Tennessee’s Performance on the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress

The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) released the following statement from Jamie Woodson, President and CEO, on today’s release of the 2013 results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Also known as The Nation’s Report Card, NAEP provides one of the few ways to measure how Tennessee students are progressing in comparison…

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More Than 300 Tennessee Organizations Support Higher Academic Standards

(Nashville) – The Expect More, Achieve More Coalition announced today that more than 300 organizations in Tennessee have now joined as coalition members. The coalition is a statewide alliance of business, community, and education organizations supporting high academic standards in public education. The Coalition’s goal is to build statewide and local engagement, support, and awareness…

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