The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) today released the 2015-16 State of Education in Tennessee report and a list of five priorities that Tennessee should pursue in 2016 to sustain and accelerate recent student achievement gains. The nonprofit, nonpartisan education research and advocacy group compiles the state’s comprehensive annual report that examines recent successes…
Today the U.S. Department of Education released results of the 2015 administration of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation’s Report Card. Nationally, results demonstrate the reality that more concerted efforts are needed to advance student mastery of math, as well as reading. Many states’ results declined, while Tennessee held…
The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) has released the following statement from President and CEO Jamie Woodson about the 2015 ACT results for Tennessee. Tennessee students have shown steady improvement on the ACT college and career readiness measure since 2011, and their gains have outpaced the national trend for four years straight. The state…
No one is teaching to the middle at Hillsboro Elementary/Middle School, winner of the 2014 middle school SCORE Prize. Core academic courses are levelled – in each middle school grade, as many as five different levels of rigor are offered in separate classes. A flexible, creative master schedule provides extra time for students needing subject…
Luis Gerardo Carmona moved from Mexico City to Manchester, Tenn., two years ago, with his wife and two young sons. To call it a big transition would be an understatement. Relocating from a city of 25 million people to a town of 10,000 was change enough, to say nothing of taking on a new language…