2014-15 State of Education Report in Tennessee: Progress Report | Page 4

ENSURE THE CONTINUED AND
IMPROVED IMPLEMENTATION OF
TENNESSEE’S STATE STANDARDS.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO?
Commitment to High Standards:
Ensure the public review
process of Tennessee’s State
Standards for English Language
Arts and Math results in equally
high or higher standards for
students.

Teacher and Leader Support:
Expand professional learning
opportunities for teachers and
school leaders on Tennessee’s
State Standards for English
Language Arts and Math,
focusing on the instructional
practices needed to ensure
increased rigor and higher
expectations for all Te nnessee
students.

Community Engagement:
Continue to implement and
expand the reach of the Expect
More, Achieve More Coalition’s
state-level communications
campaign that engages
and informs the public on
Tennessee’s State Standards.

Learning Materials:
Expand teacher and student
access to high-quality learning
materials that are aligned to
Tennessee’s State Standards.

WHO CAN HELP?
Policymakers:
Refrain from passing legislation changing the state’s
academic standards while the public review process
is ongoing and ensure the review process results in
equally high or higher standards for students.
SCORE, district leaders, the Tennessee Department
of Education, Tennessee Organization of School
Superintendents (TOSS), Leading Innovation for
Tennessee Education (LIFT), Tennessee Education
Association (TEA), Professional Educators of Tennessee
(PET), Learning Forward Tennessee, and the Tennessee
Principals Association (TPA):
Empower and encourage teachers and principals across
the state to review the standards online, centering the
conversation on the needs of students.

Tennessee Department of Education and school districts:
Expand access to professional learning opportunities on
Tennessee’s State Standards.

HOW WILL WE MEASURE SUCCESS?
 No legislation passed that changes
the state’s standards while the review
process is ongoing.
 Equally high or higher standards
established as a result of the standards
review process.
 Teachers and principals have
opportunities to engage in the
standards review process.

 Teachers and school leaders
provided with additional professional
learning opportunities on Tennessee’s
State Standards.

Tennessee’s teacher organizations, TEA, PET, Learning
Forward Tennessee, and the TPA:
Provide professional learning opportunities aligned with
Tennessee’s professional learning standards to school
leaders and teachers as they continue to transition to
new standards.

Expect More, Achieve More Coalition:
Expand the current state-level communications
campaign that engages and educates parents and the
public on Tennessee’s State Standards.

 Statewide communications campaign
on Tennessee’s State Standards
expanded.

CORE offices, school districts, and the Tennessee
Department of Education:
Create a tool that allows Core Coaches, instructional
coaches, and teachers to share resources with one
another and provides educators with instructional
materials to use in their classrooms.

 Tool created that allows educators
to share learning materials with each
other.