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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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2016-17 State of Education in Tennessee
December 6, 2016
Although there has been great progress, too many Tennessee students—especially those of color, from low-income backgrounds, who have disabilities, or are English learners—are not on track to graduate from high school prepared for postsecondary education and the workforce.
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Making the Most of TVAAS
September 16, 2016
Research has shown that teachers are the most important in-school factor affecting student achievement. Value-added approaches—which use standardized assessments to calculate a teacher’s contribution to student academic growth—offer a way to understand teacher, school, and district impact on student learning. As states incorporate value-added measures into educator evaluation systems, how these measures are communicated and inform supports around educator improvement remain important matters for consideration
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2015-16 State of Education in Tennessee
December 6, 2015
When the U.S. Chamber of Commerce gave Tennessee an “F” for truth in advertising in 2007, the imperative to improve the quality of public education in the state became undeniable. Since then, a series of policies and practices have transformed Tennessee’s education system and led to strong gains for many of our students. Now, Tennessee must embed the reforms of recent years into the daily practices of schools and districts statewide.
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Teaching, Testing, and Time: Educator Voices on Improving Assessment in Tennessee
September 15, 2015
Assessments play an important role in school improvement practices, providing stakeholders with important information about students’ academic performance and growth during a school year. Data from assessments allow parents to recognize when students are making progress and when students’ academic needs are not being met. Such data allow educators to intervene early with students who are behind and to push higher-achieving students to perform at even higher levels.
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2014-15 State of Education in Tennessee
January 24, 2015
In 2013, Tennessee reached an important milestone, becoming the fastest-improving state in the nation in fourth- and eighth-grade math and reading on the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP), following only the District of Columbia.1 In 2014, Tennessee also saw significant improvements in student ACT scores, with composite scores increasing from a 19.5 to a 19.8. Tennessee students, alongside students in Kentucky and Wyoming, showed the largest growth among the 12 states that require all students to take the ACT.2 These data serve as early indicators of the impact the collaborative efforts of students, parents, teachers, school and district leaders, and state policymakers are having on student learning in Tennessee.
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Understanding Student Data Practices: Usage and Privacy
June 24, 2014
Since the early 1980s with the release of reports such as A Nation at Risk, Americans have been using data to define and measure student achievement. Education data is any type of information (like student attendance, demographics, or success in college and the workforce) that helps parents, educators, and policymakers make informed decisions about education. Research indicates that using data can lead to an increase in student performance and a decrease in achievement gaps. This happens when schools use data to set up student interventions and teachers use data to inform instruction. To enable this, student data must be stored properly and used appropriately.
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2010-2011 State of Education
December 6, 2010
Since the release of SCORE’s “Roadmap to Success” report in October 2009, Tennessee has transformed into a national leader for education reform. State and local leaders from both parties have repeatedly emphasized their commitment to ensuring that every Tennessean graduates from high school prepared for the global economy. The state has passed its most significant piece of education legislation in more than two decades. The state has received more than $710 million in philanthropic and competitive federal grants to support the implementation of its ambitious reforms. Although Tennessee’s student achievement levels remain in the bottom quarter nationally, recent reforms have begun to create the political, policy, and funding conditions to ensure that Tennessee’s schools become number one in the Southeast by 2015.
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A Roadmap to Success: A Plan to Make Tennessee Schools #1 in the Southeast Within Five Years
January 9, 2009
Today, the opportunity for education reform in Tennessee is greater than it has been in the last twenty years and greater than it will likely be for the next twenty years. As Tennesseans, we have an obligation to seize this oncein-a-lifetime opportunity.
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2009 State of Education
January 1, 2009
Education is the key to both Tennessee’s future and the future of every individual who lives in our great state. In a recent speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, President Barack Obama said, “We know that economic progress and educational achievement have always gone hand in hand in America…Let there be no doubt: the future belongs to the nation that best educates its citizens.” The same is true for states – the future belongs to the states that best educate their citizens. These states will be more successful recruiting businesses and will be better able to control the costs of healthcare and other social services. Citizens living in these states will have more opportunities and live healthier and more prosperous lives.
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