Dear Friends, Opportunity. That is the one word astronaut Butch Wilmore, a Tennessean who spent half a year on the International Space Station, wants Tennessee students to remember. “Education gives opportunity. And that’s the only thing that gives you opportunity to choose what field you want to go into,” Captain Wilmore told students during a…
Last week, new results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation’s Report Card, showed Tennessee students doubling the average national growth in both fourth- and eighth-grade science, propelling Tennessee’s ranking into the top half of all states. Why is this so important? As a subject area, science is uniquely…
The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) has released this statement from Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer Jamie Woodson about Tennessee fourth-grade and eighth-grade performance on the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) science assessment. Tennessee can take real pride in the state science grades on the Nation’s Report Card, which mark the…
NASHVILLE – The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) has released this statement from President David Mansouri about the TNReady score proposal presented to the State Board of Education on October 13, 2016: The results from the TNReady assessment will reset how Tennessee measures student achievement. This reset amounts to being more honest about how…
The State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) has issued the following statement from Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jamie Woodson about the TNReady decisions announced today by Tennessee Commissioner of Education Candice McQueen: We are disappointed that many students in third through eighth grades in Tennessee will not be able to take Part 2…