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High-Quality Public Charter Schools | Data Insights | Postsecondary Success | Innovative Models | K-12 Success

Tennessee Public Charter Schools Are Preparing Students For Postsecondary Education

April 3, 2023

In 2023, there were 114 charter schools in Tennessee, serving approximately 44,000 students — 5 percent of the state’s total student population. The resources below provide key data regarding the enrollment, demographics, and performance of public charter schools in Tennessee.

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Teachers & Leaders | K-12 Success

Policies Toolkit

March 10, 2021

New laws will enable our state to take on some of the biggest challenges facing K-12 education – addressing Tennessee’s literacy crisis, hastening learning recovery from pandemic disruptions, continuing statewide assessment of student learning while installing a year of accountability flexibility, and increasing teacher compensation.

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2011-2012 State of Education

January 1, 2012

When SCORE released its State of Education in Tennessee report in March 2011, Tennessee had passed a series of policy changes that transformed the state into a national leader for education reform. Building on these early policy successes, 2011 ushered in the beginning of the tough and challenging work of implementation — of turning policy changes into tangible student achievement gains. While progress continues to be made, there is much work left to be done to prepare Tennessee’s students for college and the workforce.

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Teachers & Leaders | K-12 Success

Standards and Assessment: Setting High Expectations and Monitoring Progress

July 7, 2024

Tennessee’s commitment to high academic standards, aligned assessments, and to using data to support improved student outcomes moved our state from the bottom of the pack nationally in education outcomes to one of the fastest growing in the country. We should remain committed to high expectations through rigorous academic standards and aligned assessments that provide essential data about student achievement and growth.

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Teachers & Leaders | Education Finance | K-12 Success

Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement: Prioritizing Student-Centered Funding

September 18, 2024

The Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) modernized the state’s K-12 education funding formula to focus on individual student need while establishing a foundation of education finance that supports all students to succeed in school, careers, and life. Tennessee should remain committed to the TISA funding formula as a foundational policy that provides the resources for initiatives and investments that drive improved student outcomes.

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Data Insights | K-12 Success

K-12 By The Numbers

December 7, 2022

SCORE analyzed data from Tennessee’s public K-12 school districts and compiled a snapshot of key indicators of student success. 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 educational opportunities for all students.

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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.  

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Postsecondary Success | K-12 Success

Equity & Quality of Access

January 2, 2020

Tennessee is known across the country for its thoughtful and comprehensive higher education policy structure, which has been built on over a decade of student-focused policy changes at both the K-12 and postsecondary levels. However, despite the many strong policies in place, there is still much work to be done by Tennessee leaders in order to help the state reach its higher education goals.

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Postsecondary Success | Innovative Models

Supporting Postsecondary Student Success

January 13, 2020

The first meeting of the 2020-21 Complete Tennessee Leadership Institute (CTLI) program focused on equity and quality of access to higher education. For the second meeting, the policy discussions will focus on the theme of supporting postsecondary student success. Once students have started their higher education journey, how can state and local leaders help them stay continuously enrolled and make steady progress toward their goals?

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Postsecondary Success | Education-to-Career Pathways

Educating the Workforce of Tomorrow

October 1, 2017

Tennessee’s economy is growing, with the lowest unemployment rate in recorded state history and rising wages. Across Tennessee’s public high schools, students are achieving at higher levels on end of course exams and graduating at historic levels.[3,4] Tennessee Promise has lowered financial barriers to postsecondary education for tens of thousands of students.[5] It seems there is no better time to be a Tennessee student transitioning from high school to postsecondary and career than now.

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K-12 Success

A Review of Tennessee’s Draft English Language Arts Academic Standards

November 11, 2015

This report provides a review of the draft of the Tennessee English Language Arts Standards (TES) released in October 2015 to determine whether they are high-quality standards that prepare students, over the course of their K–12 education careers, for success in credit-bearing college courses and quality, high-growth jobs. To complete this review, the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) partnered with Achieve, an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit education reform organization dedicated to working with states to raise academic standards and graduation requirements, improve assessments, and strengthen accountability.

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K-12 Success

A Review of Tennessee’s Draft Mathematics Academic Standards

November 1, 2015

The purpose of this review is to examine the October 2015 draft of the Tennessee Math Standards (Draft TMS) to determine whether they are high-quality standards that prepare students, over the course of their K–12 education careers, for success in credit-bearing college courses and quality, highgrowth jobs. To complete this review, the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) partnered with Achieve, an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit education reform organization dedicated to working with states to raise academic standards and graduation requirements, improve assessments, and strengthen accountability.

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