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Education-to-Career Pathways

Funding Student Opportunity Through Tennessee’s Outcomes-Based Formula

August 13, 2024

Postsecondary education leads to improved earnings and employment on average, but not all credentials and degrees yield meaningful economic returns. There’s also a persistent shortage of educated Tennesseans to meet our workforce needs. The outcomes-based funding formula is one among a series of important strategies to ensure the state’s education systems drive students toward career success and steer Tennessee toward economic growth. It’s time to align the outcomes-based funding formula to include measures that show whether students are prepared for careers that enable economic independence.

K-12 Success

Literacy: Adopting Research-Based Strategies to Develop Young Readers

August 8, 2024

Tennessee’s strong foundation of research-based strategies — including early literacy standards, interventions, teacher training, and high-quality instructional materials — have contributed to significant English language arts (ELA) proficiency gains for young readers.

Postsecondary Success | Education-to-Career Pathways

Postsecondary Innovation Spotlight: One Million Degrees

July 26, 2024

This memo spotlights how the One Million Degrees comprehensive college coaching model has proven successful and could be scalable at Tennessee community colleges and nationwide.

Policy Pillars Series: Supporting What Works

July 8, 2024

Tennessee’s foundational education policies over the last 20 years have led to significant advances in student achievement. This series highlights research-backed policies that are essential pillars of support in helping students achieve career and life success. Latest Report: Literacy: Adopting Research-Based Strategies to Develop Young ReadersTennessee’s strong foundation of research-based strategies — including early literacy standards, interventions, teacher training, and high-quality instructional materials — have contributed to significant English language arts (ELA) proficiency gains for young readers.

Teachers & Leaders | K-12 Success

Standards and Assessment: Setting High Expectations and Monitoring Progress

July 8, 2024

Tennessee’s foundational education policies over the last 20 years have led to significant advances in student achievement. This series highlights research-backed policies that are essential pillars of support in helping students achieve career and life success.

Teachers & Leaders | K-12 Success

Teacher Evaluation: Driving Improved Instruction and Student Achievement

July 8, 2024

Tennessee’s multiple measure teacher evaluation system is foundational to high-quality instruction and has led to significantly positive impacts on student learning.

Postsecondary Success | Education-to-Career Pathways

Building a Vision of Opportunity for All Tennesseans: Measuring Credential and Degree Outcomes

June 21, 2024

Economic development in Tennessee has increased career opportunities, but we need to ensure students are earning degrees and credentials that prepare them for those jobs and enable them to benefit from this economic opportunity. This report offers a vision for measuring what success looks like for Tennessee students entering the workforce.

Teachers & Leaders | Innovative Models | K-12 Success

Strategic School Staffing: Tennessee’s Opportunity To Sustain And Elevate Great Teaching

May 8, 2024

Access to highly effective teachers is essential for student achievement. However, growing evidence suggests students have unreliable and inequitable access to effective educators, with many school districts reporting high levels of teacher vacancies. This series examines the challenges facing Tennessee’s educator labor market and highlights innovative practices to strengthen it.

Teachers & Leaders | Data Insights | K-12 Success

Rural District Leader Perceptions Of The Educator Labor Market

April 29, 2024

Access to highly effective teachers is essential for student achievement. However, growing evidence suggests students have unreliable and inequitable access to effective educators, with many school districts reporting high levels of teacher vacancies. This paper offers perspectives on the topic from rural district leaders across Tennessee.

Data Insights | Postsecondary Success | Education-to-Career Pathways

2024 Higher Ed By The Numbers

April 19, 2024

SCORE is committed to student success from kindergarten through career. This report provides a snapshot of data across postsecondary preparation, persistence, and success as a means of highlighting key postsecondary metrics and identifying areas of improvement for better supporting students through the Tennessee public education system. Data and data insights specific to each institution and postsecondary sector are provided in the pages that follow. Due to small sample sizes in some cases, there may be fluctuations in year-over-year comparisons.

Data Insights | Postsecondary Success

Higher Ed by the Numbers Data Dashboard

April 17, 2024

SCORE analyzed data from Tennessee’s public higher education institutions and compiled a snapshot of preparation, persistence, and success for postsecondary students. With the right data about student outcomes, state leaders, educators, and advocates can better understand the key metrics to watch and begin to understand the successes and challenges of improving degree and credential attainment.  

Teachers & Leaders | Data Insights | K-12 Success

Strengthening The Educator Labor Market: A Look At Tennessee's Data Webinar

February 27, 2024

Access to highly effective teachers is essential for student achievement. However, growing evidence suggests students have unreliable and inequitable access to effective educators, with many school districts reporting high levels of teacher vacancies. SCORE partnered with 15 school districts and the Tennessee Education Research Alliance (TERA) to understand the broader trends behind educator labor market challenges. This webinar highlights key findings from TERA’s research along with insights from district leaders and experts from across the state.