SCORE Blog

A Nashville educator talks about ensuring postsecondary success for students and how the data in the By The Numbers report can highlight ways to support students.

Part two in a legislative recap series summarizes progress made toward the education priorities laid out in our 2021 State Of Education report. This installment looks at efforts to to advance opportunities for students of color and low-income students by supporting and expanding proven school models.

With the first session of the 112th General Assembly now closed, it’s the perfect time to reflect on progress made in each of the four priority areas outlined in SCORE’s 2021 State of Education Report. One priority — to recover and reorient education systems in response to COVID-19 — was addressed during a January special session with the General Assembly passing legislation to extend learning time for students, ensure the state collects comparable summative state assessment data, and stabilize funding.

SCORE’s 2021 Higher Ed By the Numbers report makes higher ed data more accessible and forces us to answer critical questions about equity in our higher education system. The report’s use of disaggregated data shines a light on significant gaps that we must address.

Higher Ed By The Numbers: The Tennessee Postsecondary Data Book is a snapshot of data across postsecondary preparation, persistence, and success measures. It highlights key higher ed metrics and identifies areas for improvement.

ESSER 3.0 federal funding is an opportunity to not only recover but to reinvent our education system. Our latest COVID-19 Impact Memo offers guidance for investing these funds in a way that meets immediate needs of students while also working to disrupt troubling long-term trends.

Knox County teacher Cathy Ginel reflects on a challenging school year and finds that a shift in perspective reveals some remarkable successes.

Three years ago, SCORE expanded its mission to encompass student success from kindergarten to career. At the end of this year’s legislative session, we see that Tennessee has advanced policy across the education continuum. In short, this session produced a lot of wins for students, including a strong COVID-19 recovery plan for students and institutions, wider college and career readiness opportunities, and a smoother path from high school to degrees and credentials.

Summer Bridge and other summer learning programs are designed to help incoming college freshmen make the transition from high school to college.

The state’s dashboard of school-level per-pupil expenditure data can help education leaders and stakeholders view spending through a new lens and inform conversations about how schools and districts use their resources.

Across Tennessee, educators, families, and community members are seeking effective strategies to help students recover from pandemic-related disruptions to instruction and learning. To support those efforts, recent virtual SCORE Institutes have provided valuable insights on proven practices to support and accelerate student learning.

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission surveyed students on how COVID-19 had impacted them and their educational plans. Here’s what they found.

As attention turns to how districts will leverage federal recovery dollars, we have a new tool to understand the relationship between education resources, student opportunity, and outcomes: school-level per-pupil expenditure information.

As we focus on pandemic recovery, unprecedented federal funding presents an opportunity to do better for our kids through practices like high-dosage tutoring.

Tennessee is set to receive $20-30 billion in federal funding through the American Rescue Plan (ARP), with more than $3.3 billion dedicated to K-12 and higher education, positioning the state to address significant student needs during the pandemic and through the recovery.

Tennessee families deserve high-quality options when it comes to the education of their children. The new Tennessee Public Charter School Commission ensures that only high-quality charter schools operate in our state.

The Educator Preparation Report Card includes placement and retention rates, performance on licensure examinations, and teacher effectiveness. The latest report is now available.

BlueSky Tennessee Institute, a new workforce-education partnership between ETSU and BlueCross, allows students to earn a bachelor’s degree in computing and earn a job offer from BlueCross – in two years.

The Lee administration and the Tennessee General Assembly recognized the value of assessment results and the need for flexibility during the January special session. The US Department of Education (USED) did the same in February. These were good, sensible decisions that will help advance student success.

The state’s early literacy crisis, in which six out of ten third-graders are not meeting expectations for reading and writing proficiency, received much needed action from Governor Lee and the General Assembly with the enactment of the Tennessee Literacy Success Act in January. The law requires meaningful changes in literacy instruction and learning support, and state and local leaders will need to provide strong implementation to position K-3 teachers and students for success.