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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 26, 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.

Teachers & Leaders | Data Insights | K-12 Success

Understanding The Educator Labor Market: A Look At Tennessee’s Data

February 26, 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.

Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Talent: A Guide To Education-Employer Models

February 20, 2024

SCORE’s guide to partnerships between employers and K-12 and postsecondary institutions that put students on clear pathways to jobs that enable economic independence. 

Teachers & Leaders | High-Quality Public Charter Schools | Data Insights | Education Finance | Postsecondary Success | Innovative Models | Education-to-Career Pathways | K-12 Success

2024 State of Education in Tennessee: Building A Brighter Future

December 5, 2023

Tennessee is a leader in piloting and scaling efforts to strengthen student success. Foundational strategies have been grounded in high expectations for educators, schools, and students – from the time students enter the classroom to the time they receive a degree or credential. This work is yielding demonstrated results for students. However, while progress has been made, it is clear more needs to be done. Tennessee’s next challenge is to expand its vision for education so that each student not only has the opportunity to succeed in school but also has the opportunity to be prepared for a career that enables economic independence.

Data Insights | Education-to-Career Pathways

Using Data And Driving Innovation For The Future Of Work

November 7, 2023

All Tennessee students should earn degrees and credentials that prepare them for careers that enable economic independence. From K-12 to postsecondary to workforce development, more can be done to better prepare students for this goal, and this can only be done by looking at data across systems and using that information to drive innovation.

Teachers & Leaders | K-12 Success

Early Literacy Success For All Students: A Coherent Path Forward Webinar

September 28, 2023

This webinar covers key findings from our recent report and highlights how two Tennessee districts are working to increase instructionally coherent academic support in early grades literacy.

Data Insights | K-12 Success

Early Literacy Success for All Students: A Coherent Path Forward

September 26, 2023

Over the last several years, Tennessee has passed legislation and guidance around adoption, purchase, training, and use of high-quality instructional materials in early grades literacy. These efforts have been grounded in research on how students best learn to read — through a focus on systematic, explicit phonics instruction and regular opportunities to build knowledge through reading and responding to complex texts. These policies and practices are beginning to transform and strengthen instruction, with the latest statewide results from the 2022-23 school year showing that 40 percent of third graders are now reading on grade level — the highest percentage since the state raised academic standards nearly a decade ago.

Teachers & Leaders | K-12 Success

Early Literacy Success For All Students: A Coherent Path Forward Case Studies

September 25, 2023

During the 2022-23 school year, a group of four Tennessee districts sought support to work toward the shared goal of sustainably scaling their high-dosage tutoring (HDT) programs in first- through third-grade literacy. They oriented their work around a theory of change that focused on integrating their HDT programs into their system’s long-term academic, staffing, and funding strategies. 

Instructionally Coherent Literacy Support Toolkit

August 30, 2023

Delivering effective instruction and strategic support to students is a top priority for Tennessee educators. SCORE has prepared these resources for teachers, school and district leaders, and education advocates to guide planning, implementation, and funding for initiatives designed to accelerate student learning.

Teachers & Leaders | K-12 Success

K-3 Early Literacy Instructional Coherence Literacy Support Toolkit

August 30, 2023

Tennessee’s commitment to research-based early literacy policy and practice has created a foundation for districts and schools to implement instructionally coherent academic support for K-3 literacy.