Education Commissioner Candice McQueen has released the school-level 2018 TNReady results as well as 2018 school and district student growth data. The TNReady scores show that nearly 700 schools – more than 40 percent of schools in Tennessee – saw improvement across the majority of their grades and subjects in 2018, and 210 of those schools saw improvement across all grades and subjects. Additionally, 88 school districts met or exceeded student growth expectations, which is the majority of school districts in the state.
While TNReady results look at students’ overall achievement and include whether a student scored as on track or mastered on their spring assessment, growth scores look at how much students are growing, regardless of whether they were proficient. Taken together, these results show a fuller picture of students’ performance.
In Cannon County, the results of the 2018 TNReady scores are as follows:
District-Wide:
Cannon County Overall Composite: 1 ; Literacy Composite: 2 ; Numeracy Composite: 1 ; Literacy and Numeracy Composite: 1 ; Science Composite: 2 ; Social Studies Composite: 3.
Cannon County Director of Schools, William F. Curtis stated, “These latest TVAAS scores demonstrates growth and progress which measures a student’s progress between two points in time, compares students’ performance to their own prior performance in previous years, and is critical to ensuring a student’s future academic success.”
“Congratulations is extended to Woodland School that went from an Overall Composite Score of 1 in 2017 to an Overall Composite Score of 5 in 2018! Additionally, East Side School went from an Overall Composite Score of 3 in 2017 to an Overall Composite Score of 4 in 2018! Short Mountain School also went from an Overall Composite Score of 2 in 2017 to an Overall Composite Score of 3 in 2018.”
Director Curtis further stated, “This demonstrates to our local communities that hard work and determination of our schools pays off in the long run! We have celebrations and continued challenges to meet our Mission – To Prepare ALL our Students for their Future, through our Vision – the New E3 = Engaged in Excellence Every Day to become one of the highest performing school systems in the State of Tennessee.”
Supervisor of Instruction, Dr. Marcia Melton stated, “We are ecstatic with our growth in 3rd grade! Our school district is part of the Tennessee Department of Education Read to Be Ready Literacy initiative. Our PreK-3 grade teachers along with our former instructional coach, Kathy Mullins, have put in countless hours training and implementing the best literacy practices that are researched based. Our school district has been awarded the Read to Be Ready Summer Camp grant for the past three years to help stop the ‘summer slide’ that students often experience over the summer break. Our district also is part of the Upper Cumberland 90% Reading Goal. Dr. Regina Merriman, before her retirement, disaggregated district achievement data and conferenced with 3rd grade teachers and leaders to identify celebrations and challenges. Our other former instructional coach, Shannon Streett, spend countless hours examining the test data and coaching individual teachers on how to construct lessons that reflect the rigor of the new standards. We also have teacher leaders who can pinpoint areas of need and work to strengthen those needs. I definitely think our growth gains are the product of the excellence we have in our staff!”
A full spreadsheet with school-level TNReady results is available here. These will be posted in a visual, user-friendly format on the department’s website this fall. The TVAAS scores for 2018 for districts and schools are available here.
For more information about TNReady, visit the department’s website at TNReady.gov, where you can also view the state and district-level results that were released earlier this summer. For media inquiries, please contact in Cannon County, Director of Schools, William F. Curtis and at the Tennessee Department of Education, Sara Gast, director of communications, at 615-532-6260 or Sara.Gast@tn.gov.
Overall Summary TVAAS Data for Cannon County 2017-2018
School-Wide: Composite
School-Wide: Literacy
School-Wide: Numeracy
School-Wide: Literacy and Numeracy
School-Wide: Science
School-Wide: Social Studies
District
1
2
1
1
2
3
Auburn
1
1
1
1
2
3
East Side School
4
3
3
3
4
3
Short Mt. School
3
1
3
3
3
3
West Side School
2
1
2
1
3
5
Woodbury Grammar School
1
3
1
2
1
3
Woodland School
5
3
4
4
5
3
CCHS
1
3
1
1
1
1
Upper Cumberland District TVAAS Data Comparison 2017-2018
District
School-Wide: Composite
School-Wide: Literacy
School-Wide: Numeracy
School-Wide: Literacy and Numeracy
School-Wide: Science
School-Wide: Social Studies
DeKalb County
5
5
3
4
5
5
Jackson County
5
3
5
5
5
1
Overton County
5
4
5
5
5
3
Pickett County
5
5
5
5
3
3
Trousdale County
4
3
1
2
5
3
Warren County
4
4
2
3
5
5
Bledsoe County
3
1
5
2
3
5
Fentress County
3
2
5
4
1
2
Van Buren County
3
3
4
4
2
3
Grundy County
2
4
3
4
3
1
Cannon County
1
2
1
1
2
3
Putnam County
1
1
1
1
1
1
Smith County
1
1
4
1
1
1
White County
1
1
3
1
1
1
