There are 16 article(s) tagged TNReady:

• March 2020

  • Coronavirus daily blog, March 18: Health Department confirms fourth Shelby case

    • Tennessee's 98 cases mostly in patients between 18-49 years old
    • Small business emergency declared
    • Nike donating $500,000 to Memphis response
    • Community Foundation launches response fund

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 20, 2020

• October 2019

  • Poll shows support for TNReady after problem-free testing year

    About 69% of those polled support continuing to use TNReady in Tennessee schools, a jump of 10 percentage points over this time last year.

    By Marta W. Aldrich October 14, 2019

• August 2019

  • Tennessee will wait another year to grade its schools A-F

    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. 

    By Marta W. Aldrich August 26, 2019

  • Six things to know about TNReady scores coming out this week

    TNReady tests are designed to assess every student’s true understanding of the material they’ve studied, not just memorized. The goal is to know how to help students advance their knowledge and skills, teachers raise their level of instruction, and districts improve their schools.

    By Marta W. Aldrich August 26, 2019

  • In case you missed it: Memphis’ third-grade reading crisis

    A three-part series from The Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis explores the challenges and possible solutions to improving third-grade reading proficiency locally. 

    By David Waters August 22, 2019

  • Memphis reading results prove that kids need ESAs now

    Next fall, thousands of Memphis children will qualify to participate in the new Education Savings Accounts (ESA) Program. They can receive about $7,300 in the account, which can be used for tuition at private schools, tutoring, textbooks, school uniforms and computers.

    By Justin Owen August 19, 2019

  • TNReady 2019: Five suburban districts have Reward schools

    TNReady scores showed Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville Germantown and Lakeland are among the top-performing districts in the state. Lakeland was designated as an Exemplary district by the Tennessee Department of Education.

    By Abigail Warren August 15, 2019

  • Most test scores increase in Shelby County Schools, but reading results are down for youngest students

    The district’s students did not make as much progress as other students across the state, earning Shelby County Schools the lowest score on the state’s 5-point growth scale.

    By Laura Faith Kebede August 15, 2019

  • More than half of Tennessee schools improved in most subjects on TNReady tests

    More than 40% of elementary and middle school students met the state’s proficiency standards in math, compared to 36.5% in 2018. 

    By Jacinthia Jones August 15, 2019

  • Pressure is on SCS to fulfill pledge, close third-grade literacy gap

    Special Report: Memphis' Reading Test

    PART 1: Meeting goals for third-grade reading proficiency in Tennessee is a daunting task unless dramatic improvements occur in Shelby County, where the hurdles are high and the challenges complex. And in Memphis, a city where nearly four in five children in public schools aren't reading on grade level, the undertaking is monumental.

    By David Waters August 13, 2019

  • Third-grade reading scores in Memphis dip as district builds case for retaining students

    About 24% of third-graders in Shelby County Schools scored proficient in reading on the state’s standardized assessment TNReady, down from about 27% last year. Statewide, 36% of elementary students tested proficient.

    By Laura Faith Kebede August 09, 2019

• April 2019

  • So far so good? Nearly halfway through, Tennessee state testing remains glitch-free

    Tennessee’s school districts are nearly halfway through online testing, and for the first time in three years, no major issues have been reported.

    By Caroline Bauman April 17, 2019

  • Tennessee governor calls for one-year pause on computer-based testing

    Tennessee already has walked back its transition to online testing two times since 2016 when a wholesale switch failed miserably, prompting then-Education Commissioner Candice McQueen to cancel most of that year’s tests and fire Measurement Inc.

    By Marta W. Aldrich April 04, 2019

• March 2019

  • Schwinn faces critical decisions on TNReady online achievement testing

    Tennessee education leaders can now track glitches with the revamped TNReady testing system in real time. But the state education commissioner says she still must decide whether to throw the switch or wait another year to resume online achievement tests.

    By Bill Dries March 28, 2019

  • Tennessee seeks bids for testing company to oversee troubled TNReady program

    The state set an April 11 deadline for vendors' bids to administer the TNReady program. The final contract is to be signed by June 13.

    By Marta W. Aldrich March 06, 2019

• January 2019

  • Just months before its next testing company is supposed to start, Tennessee has yet to receive its first bid

    With just months to go before a company is supposed to take over Tennessee’s troubled assessment program, the state has yet to release its request for proposals.

    By Marta W. Aldrich, Chalkbeat Tennessee January 30, 2019