In the efforts to improve student achievement, there are moments to stop, reflect, and celebrate the good work that is happening across Tennessee. The district-specific student achievement data released today by the state Department of Education provide us one of those moments. In the majority of our state’s school districts, we are better preparing students…
Jamie Woodson, President and CEO of the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE), issued the following statement today on the release of the Tennessee Department of Education’s teacher evaluation report: “The teacher evaluation system that Tennessee is implementing is already improving the quality of teaching in the classroom and is supporting inspired, high-quality instruction in…
Jamie Woodson, President and CEO of the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE), released the following statement today on the release of Tennessee’s statewide results for the 2011-12 Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP): “In the last few years, Tennessee has committed to implementing bold and transformative education reforms that are squarely focused on better preparing…
A Tennessean editorial takes a look at SCORE’s teacher evaluation feedback report and how education leaders can use the recommendations to improve Tennessee’s teacher evaluation system. This editorial originally appeared in the 6/13/12 Tennessean. SCORE puts ball in educators’ court Kudos to Gov. Bill Haslam for getting the State Collaboration on Reforming Education (SCORE) to…
Includes Successes, Concerns, and Recommendations Following the First Year of Implementation (Nashville) – The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) today released a report, Supporting Effective Instruction in Tennessee, regarding Tennessee’s teacher evaluation system. The report follows a five-month listening and feedback process SCORE led on the evaluation system to identify what is working well,…