State Report Card Set for Friday Release

Published January 6, 2011

The Tennessee Department of Education will release the 2009-2010 State Report Card on Friday, January 7.  The yearly report provides a profile of each school district throughout the state, using various standardized assessments and collected statistics to award grades.

According to the Department of Education, the results of this year's State Report Card are expected to be lower than usual due to recent education reforms.  The State has completed the process of increasing what students must know to graduate beginning in elementary and middle schools where students in third through eighth grades take the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program, TCAP, test.  In addition, the State has recalibrated the baseline test scores which had not been changed since 1998.

The new reporting process is a part of the Tennessee Diploma Project which aligns Tennessee curriculum to national standards by increasing rigor and content.  The TDP was established in 2008; curriculum changes began last year; and assessment of how students are learning the new curriculum began last spring when the TCAP was administered.

Once they are released, the results from the 2010 State Report Card will be shared on TWITTER and included in an IN FOCUS News Flash.