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The
Tennessee Education Improvement Act of 1992 established accountability
standards for all public schools in the state and required the Department
of Education to produce a Report Card for the public to assess each
year.
Tennessee state
law (Tennessee Code Annotated 49-1-601) has since been amended to
match regulations in No Child Left Behind (NCLB) for meeting required
federal benchmarks for all schools, school systems, and the state.
Additionally, the State Board of Education has revised its performance
standards and requirements to meet performance criteria in the new
federal law.
The goal of
NCLB is to ensure that all students in all schools are academically
proficient in math, reading and language arts by 2014. Until that
time, schools, school systems and the state will be measured on
their ability to move toward that goal. In other words, schools,
school systems, and the state must show that a greater percentage
of its students are meeting required proficiency standards.
Schools, school
systems and the state must meet proficiency benchmarks in nine subgroups,
including five race/ethnicity groups; students with disabilities;
limited English proficient students; economically disadvantaged
students; and the school as a whole.
Tennessee’s
2004 Report Card delineates the transition from use of a norm referenced
assessment (used under the state’s previous accountability system)
to a criterion referenced assessment (used under NCLB) to measure
student performance. Tennessee administered both norm referenced
and criterion referenced tests in the spring of 2004. Since each
student took both tests, this has enabled an equating of the two
tests such that previous norm referenced test data can be mapped
onto the criterion referenced scale. After mapping onto the criterion
referenced scale, the data were converted into state normal curve
equivalents (NCEs) using the 1998 data as a base. If a school has
an NCE of 50, then that school’s mean achievement score would be
equal to the state average in 1998.
The Report Card
is organized in four parts or sections: Demographics, Student Achievement,
Value Added (TVAAS data), and Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). Data
required by No Child Left Behind are defined in drop-down boxes
containing explanations for each criterion. Grades are assigned
to appropriate criteria, and a grade scale is available for explanation
of specific scaling.
Schools and
school systems that do not meet required federal benchmarks for
one year are assigned the status of “Target.” Schools and school
systems that do not meet the federal benchmark for two or more consecutive
years in the same category are assigned the status of “High Priority.”
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