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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.
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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.
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Data Insights | Postsecondary Success | Education-to-Career Pathways
Building A Vision For Early Postsecondary Opportunities
May 22, 2023
Early postsecondary opportunities (EPSOs) are an important part of Tennessee’s strategy to ensure high school students are prepared to enroll, persist, and find success in postsecondary education, career, and life. Research consistently shows that earning a degree or credential is an important step toward achieving high-wage employment and economic independence. Tennesseans who complete postsecondary education earn, on average, one and a half times more than individuals with only a high school diploma.
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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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Teachers & Leaders | High-Quality Public Charter Schools | Data Insights | Education Finance | Postsecondary Success | Innovative Models | Education-to-Career Pathways | K-12 Success
2023 State of Education in Tennessee
December 6, 2022
When it comes to taking big steps to improve outcomes for students, Tennessee leads. For more than a decade, the state has taken bold actions and demonstrated great success in improving education. This has led to students having more opportunities for their future, businesses having a more skilled workforce, and, ultimately, more Tennesseans experiencing economic independence statewide.
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Teachers & Leaders | High-Quality Public Charter Schools | Data Insights | Education Finance | Postsecondary Success | Innovative Models | Education-to-Career Pathways | K-12 Success
Tennessee Education Primer
June 9, 2022
Tennesseans began taking bold steps to transform public education to better prepare students for success in 2007. Tennessee must maintain that commitment to innovation and continue to put student needs first in order to prepare every student for success from the day they start school to the day they start a career.
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Data Insights | Postsecondary Success
Momentum Metrics For Greater Postsecondary Success
May 25, 2022
An overview of Education Strategy Group’s Momentum Metrics, a set of indicators predictive of students’ postsecondary enrollment and success, plus a look at how two Tennessee school districts are using those metrics to boost postsecondary success for students.
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Data Insights | Postsecondary Success
Postsecondary Success Toolkit
May 25, 2022
This webinar gives an overview of Momentum Metrics, a set of indicators predictive of students’ postsecondary enrollment and success, plus a look at how two Tennessee school districts are using those metrics to boost postsecondary success for students.
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Data Insights | Education Finance
ESSER Spending Toolkit
March 22, 2022
The federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) provides support for school districts to carry out plans for educational recovery from the pandemic. SCORE analyzed the ESSER plans for Tennessee districts to better understand how districts are allocating these federal resources through 2024.
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Data Insights | Education Finance | K-12 Success
Trends In Tennessee ESSER Plans: A Landscape Analysis
March 22, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruption to all levels of education that could impact student outcomes for months and possibly years ahead. The SCORE series of COVID-19 Impact Memos analyzes challenges, examines emerging innovations and research-supported practices, and highlights student-centered approaches for educators to consider.
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Data Insights | Education Finance
SCORE Institute: Trends In ESSER Plans
March 10, 2022
School district leaders across Tennessee have submitted their plans for spending federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER), and SCORE has reviewed the plans with an eye toward strategies that will support student learning recovery and acceleration. This event outlines key takeaways from current plan allocations and offers recommendations for how districts could more strategically address education recovery with updates to their spending plans.
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2022 State of Education in Tennessee
December 6, 2021
Through 2020 and 2021, Tennessee students, families, and educators have faced a public health crisis that has impacted our education system from top to bottom. Educators have provided instruction to students in person, in a hybrid format, and virtually – with limited resources and training at their disposal when the pandemic began. Administrators have faced staffing and scheduling challenges as the coronavirus pandemic spread statewide, requiring many students and educators to quarantine to recover from or to reduce transmission of the disease and miss valuable classroom time as a result. Whether they are in K-12 or postsecondary settings, students have experienced a dramatic shift in their daily lives.
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