Funding Student Opportunity Through Tennessee’s Outcomes-Based Formula
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High-Dosage Tutoring Toolkit
June 21, 2021
High-dosage tutoring is a research-based practice that can help schools and districts address learning gaps and accelerate learning. This guide highlights important implementation considerations that must be a part of any effective plan to launch high dosage tutoring in your school or district.
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Higher Ed By The Numbers: The Tennessee Postsecondary Data Book
June 8, 2021
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.
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Recommendations for Increasing Postsecondary Completion and Student Success in Tennessee
April 6, 2021
Tennessee has been a leader in education policy innovation and implementation for more than a decade in a quest to give more Tennesseans access to the educational and economic opportunities necessary to enjoy choice-filled lives. Tennessee can build on its promising policy foundation by tackling the big challenges that remain: eliminating inequity in postsecondary opportunity, helping all students attain their credentials or degrees, and setting more Tennesseans on a path to economic mobility.
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2021 State of Education in Tennessee
December 6, 2020
In 2020, our nation navigated a disruptive public health crisis and a summer of protests that increased awareness of longstanding, systemic racial, economic, and justice inequities. These crises overlapped just as Tennessee educators and students were going back to school, virtually or in person. The opening months of the COVID-19 pandemic demanded ingenuity from educators as they stood up virtual learning practically overnight, responsiveness from leaders as they navigated an evolving public health crisis, and collaboration from communities as they worked to fill in resource gaps for students. The efforts by educators and schools were wide-ranging, nimble, and necessary. The scale of need revealed by the pandemic, however, raises questions and adds urgency to efforts to address the quality of education for all students both before and after the pandemic.
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The Importance of Postsecondary Completion: Completion and Action
November 12, 2020
Students not only need to be able to access and afford higher education, but it is also important to ensure that students are able to complete their degrees in a reasonable amount of time. Students who do not complete their degrees on-time are more likely to accumulate student loan debt and are not able to realize the earnings benefits that come with a postsecondary degree
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SCORE’S Education Primer
July 1, 2020
SCORE’s Education Primer: A Candidate’s Guide For Improving Education In Tennessee emphasizes the role of policymakers in setting the stage for continued student success. Policymakers lay the groundwork for K-12 and postsecondary leaders to push forward with a clear focus on student success. We hope the information in this guide spurs greater curiosity about the challenges and deeper consideration of the supports the education system must provide to help students succeed.
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Urgency For Literacy
March 10, 2020
Tennessee has made significant progress in student achievement for more than a decade by raising expectations for students, supporting educators to help students meet those expectations, and creating an environment of continuous improvement in education. A third-grader in a Tennessee classroom today should be in a better position than ever before to succeed in college, career, and life.
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2020 By The Numbers
February 10, 2020
SCORE is committed to student success across the kindergarten through career continuum. This report provides a snapshot of data across K-12 and postsecondary education as well as career and civic engagement as a means of highlighting opportunities for improvement. Data and data-insights specific to each school district and county are provided in the pages that follow. With this report, we hope Tennessee’s leaders, educators, and advocates will be able to better understand key education metrics and think about the data that might be most relevant to your work to improve outcomes for Tennessee students.
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2020 State of Education In Tennessee
December 6, 2019
Across the previous decade, Tennessee posted outsize progress in student achievement and equity of opportunity. Student-focused policies that raise expectations, emphasize student outcomes, and encourage innovative and research-based practices have enabled educators and schools to help more students achieve at higher levels. These policies form the foundation for student growth and success beginning in kindergarten through postsecondary completion and ensure that Tennessee’s progress is widespread and systemic, not just limited to a few bright spots.
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2018-19 State of Education in Tennessee
December 6, 2018
For the past decade, Tennessee has been among the fastest-improving states in the nation in K-12 education. Student achievement made substantial jumps forward in multiple subjects and grade levels. The state also is making progress on the five Excellence for All priorities set in 2017 by SCORE in collaboration with many educators, policymakers, and leaders of communities, business, and philanthropy. Improvements include increased focus and first steps to help more students make a successful transition from high school to college or career training, improvements in third-grade reading on statewide assessments, new initiatives to improve school leadership, and accountability ratings for schools that provide the deepest look to date at whether achievement gaps are closing for students who are traditionally underserved.
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2019-20 State Education in Tennessee
December 4, 2018
Public education in Tennessee is predominantly a state and local responsibility, with the federal government playing a limited role. Each level of government has specific responsibilities to ensure the success of Tennessee students.
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Understanding TVAAS
March 11, 2017
In school year 2011-12, Tennessee introduced a method of teacher evaluation that uses three measures to identify and support effective teaching: • Student achievement • Student academic growth• In-class observation scores
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