Tennessee will wait another year to grade its schools A-F
Penny Schwinn looks at classwork with a student in Memphis in February, soon after becoming Tennessee's education commissioner. Schwinn has ordered a one-year delay in the plan to begin giving Tennessee schools A-F ratings based on quality. (Photo courtesy of Tennessee Department of Education)
Marta W. Aldrich
Marta W. Aldrich is the senior statehouse correspondent at Chalkbeat Tennessee. A newswoman for The Associated Press for most of her career, Marta has covered state government, politics, business, education and other Tennessee news. She has served as news editor of United Methodist News Service and features editor of American Profile magazine. Marta is a graduate of Memphis City Schools and the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
It’s a reprieve for low-performing schools that are academically in the state’s bottom 5%, known as priority schools. Most are in Memphis and Nashville and were expected to receive some of the lowest letter grades.
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