SCORE CARD INDICATORS
The following pages present in-depth student achievement data for each district in Tennessee. Descriptions of each metric measured in the report are provided, and more information about individual measures may be found in the glossary. The district data for each of the following indicators were obtained
from the Tennessee Department of Education and apply to the 2013-14 school year.
DISTRICT CHARACTERISTICS
Composite:
district for the 2013-14 school year
The TVAAS Composite score shows growth at the
district level based on student performance on statewide assessments across all available subjects and grades, and includes grades K-2 for districts that opted to test those students
Enrollment: The total count of students enrolled in each indi-
Numeracy: The TVAAS Numeracy score is based on all available data in math
Number of Schools: The number of schools operating in each
vidual school district as of October 1, 2013
Percent White:
The percent of enrolled students identified as
white
Percent Black:
The percent of enrolled students identified as
black or African-American
Percent ED: The percent of enrolled students identified as eco-
nomically disadvantaged or eligible for free and reduced price
lunch
Per Pupil Spending:
The total current operating expenditures
on a per pupil basis in each district from state, local, and federal sources
Percent Local Funding: The percent of district per pupil expenditures that comes from local revenue sources
TENNESSEE ASSESSMENTS
Percent Prof/Adv 3-8 Math: The percent of students in grades
3-8 who scored proficient or advanced on the state’s 2013-14
TCAP math assessments
Percent Prof/Adv 3-8 Reading: The percent of students in
grades 3-8 who scored proficient or advanced on the state’s
2013-14 TCAP reading/language arts assessments
TVAAS: The scores based on growth for one year from the previous academic year. The Standard for Academic Growth is
met when the student group makes one year’s growth and
maintains their relative achievement from one year to the
next. Scores are provided on the following 1-5 scale:
Literacy:
The TVAAS Literacy score is based on all available
data in reading/language arts
HIGH SCHOOL SUCCESS
EOC English II: The percent of 9-12 grade students within the
district who scored proficient or advanced on the state’s
2013-14 English II EOC
EOC Algebra I:
The percent of 9-12 grade students within the
district who scored proficient or advanced on the state’s
2013-14 Algebra I EOC
EOC Biology I: The percent of 9-12 grade students within the
district who scored proficient or advanced on the state’s
2013-14 Biology I EOC
ACT Composite: The average ACT composite score for the 2014
graduating class for all test-takers within a given district
Graduation Rate: The percent of students in each district who
graduated from high school within four years and a summer out of those students that entered the ninth grade four
years prior
ACT College Readiness: The percent of students in each district
who met ACT’s College Readiness Benchmarks across all four
subject areas
›› Level 5, Most effective: schools whose students are making substantially more progress than the Standards for Academic Growth
›› Level 4, Above average effectiveness: schools whose students are
making more progress than the Standards for Academic Growth
›› Level 3, Average effectiveness:
schools whose students are
making the same amount of progress as the Standards for Academic Growth
›› Level 2, Approaching average effectiveness:
schools whose students are making less progress than the Standards for Academic Growth
›› Level 1, Least effective: schools whose students are making substantially less progress than the Standards for Academic Growth
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