State of Education in Tennessee Executive Summary – 2011-12 | Page 2

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Letters from Senator Bill Frist and Jamie Woodson Table of Contents Executive Summary 4, 6 8 Section 1: Year-in-Review 12 2011 Year-in-Review Timeline 13 Higher Academic Standards: The Common Core State Standards 17 Promising Practices 15, 22, 24, 26 Section 2: SCORE Card 30 Progress on First to the Top 31 SCORE 2012 Priorities 37 State Data 45 District Data 51 Glossary 59 SCORE Board of Directors / Steering Committee / Staff 1 THE STATE OF EDUCATION IN TENNESSEE 2011–12 62 THE STATE OF EDUCATION IN TENNESSEE 2011–12 2