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TN Code § 49-1-312 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 3 - State Board of Education|§ 49-1-312. Standards Recommendation Committee — English Language Arts and Mathematics — Confirmation of Appointments

  There is created a standards recommendation committee. The committee shall be composed of ten (10) members. The governor shall appoint four (4) members, the speaker of the senate shall appoint three (3) members, and the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint three (3) members. The standards recommendation committee shall review and evaluate the recommendations of the two (2) standards review and development committees and post the recommendations to the website created pursuant to § 49-1-311(a)(3) for the purpose of gathering additional feedback from the public. The standards recommendation committee shall make the final recommendations as to the new set of standards to the state board, which shall adopt sets of standards in English language arts and mathematics that fit the needs of Tennessee students in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12).   All appointments made pursuant to subsection (a) for the standards recommendation committee shall be subject to confirmation by the senate and the house of representatives, but appointments shall be effective until adversely acted upon by the senate and the house of representatives.
TN Code § 49-1-313 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 3 - State Board of Education|§ 49-1-313. Standards Recommendation Committee — Science and Social Studies

 Prior to the next adoption of academic standards in the subjects of science and social studies, the state board of education shall establish a process whereby the board shall receive recommendations from a standards recommendation committee appointed in the same manner as the standards recommendation committee created in § 49-1-312. The standards recommendation committee shall make the final recommendations as to the revision and replacement of the current sets of standards in these subject areas to the state board, which shall adopt sets of standards in science and social studies that fit the needs of Tennessee students in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12).
TN Code § 49-1-314 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 3 - State Board of Education|§ 49-1-314. Responsibility of Leas in Developing Instructional Programs Under State Standards

 Each LEA shall be responsible for developing and implementing the instructional programs under the state standards adopted by the state board that best fit its students' educational needs, that achieve levels of proficiency or advanced mastery, and that vigorously promote individual teacher creativity and autonomy.
TN Code § 49-1-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 4 - Tennessee Drug Abuse Resistance Education Act of 1989|§ 49-1-401. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Act of 1989.”
TN Code § 49-1-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 4 - Tennessee Drug Abuse Resistance Education Act of 1989|§ 49-1-402. Implementation of Program — Methods and Materials

  The state board of education, in conjunction with the department of safety, may implement the curriculum for a statewide drug abuse resistance education (DARE) program to be taught by qualified and trained law enforcement officers in local schools within the state.   The state board and the department may consider and adopt training methods and materials developed for the DARE America program or a comparable program approved by the department.   The state board shall strive to see that the hazards of nicotine abuse are included in the drug-free alliance program. The state board shall encourage the use of culturally relevant educational methods and materials in the drug-free alliance program to inform persons of the hazards of nicotine abuse.
TN Code § 49-1-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 4 - Tennessee Drug Abuse Resistance Education Act of 1989|§ 49-1-403. Training of Law Enforcement Officers

  The department of safety shall adopt standards and qualifications, in accordance with the requirements of the DARE America program, of law enforcement officers who apply for training as instructors in the DARE program.   The department shall also provide for the training of law officers as DARE instructors. The department may contract with agencies of other states for the training of law enforcement officers as DARE instructors.
TN Code § 49-1-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 4 - Tennessee Drug Abuse Resistance Education Act of 1989|§ 49-1-404. State Board of Education — Powers

 The state board of education may:   Provide for appropriate DARE training for students before entering middle school. The training may be conducted at the sixth grade level or at such other time as is necessary for students to receive training before entering middle school;   Approve the usage of textbooks and other educational materials to be used by students enrolled in DARE courses; and   Authorize LEAs to include DARE curricula among the courses offered within area schools.
TN Code § 49-1-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 4 - Tennessee Drug Abuse Resistance Education Act of 1989|§ 49-1-405. Similar and Comparable Programs

 This part shall not supersede or disallow any similar and comparable programs already in place; provided, that nothing in this part shall prevent the similar and comparable programs from participating in the funding of the DARE program in the manner provided for within this part.
TN Code § 49-1-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 4 - Tennessee Drug Abuse Resistance Education Act of 1989|§ 49-1-406. Use of Funds

 Notwithstanding any provision of this part or any other law to the contrary, any LEA may use any funds received under the “Drug Free Tennessee” program in a sum sufficient to implement the drug abuse resistance program developed and established by this part.
TN Code § 49-1-407 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 4 - Tennessee Drug Abuse Resistance Education Act of 1989|§ 49-1-407. Duties of Department of Safety — Drug Abuse Programs

 It is the responsibility of the department of safety to:   Periodically check persons serving as DARE instructors to ensure that they have been properly trained to do so in accordance with the standards and qualifications adopted by the department or with comparable standards; and   Monitor the content of the drug abuse resistance material currently being taught students to ensure that it is compatible with or comparable to the curriculum adopted and implemented by the state board of education for DARE program instruction.
TN Code § 49-1-408 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 4 - Tennessee Drug Abuse Resistance Education Act of 1989|§ 49-1-408. Statewide Dare Club Established — Purpose

  The state board of education, in consultation with the commissioner of safety, shall establish a statewide DARE club in which any student in grades six through twelve (6-12) may join and participate. Each LEA, middle school, junior high school or high school desiring to do so may form a chapter of the statewide DARE club.   The primary purpose of the DARE club shall be to continue and reinforce the drug abuse resistance education the students may have received in kindergarten through grade six (K-6).   The state board may pattern the organization, rules, bylaws and similar procedural requirements of the club after other successful statewide clubs, such as Future Farmers of America, Future Homemakers of America and 4-H clubs.
TN Code § 49-1-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 6 - Performance Goals and Assessment|§ 49-1-601. Assignment of Student for Purpose of Calculating Graduation Rate

  A student who has not attended the same high school within an LEA for at least sixty (60) school days of the most recent school year of enrollment and who has exited high school without a regular high school diploma and without transferring to another high school that grants a regular diploma may, for the purpose of calculating graduation rate, be assigned to the high school at which the student was enrolled for the greatest proportion of school days while enrolled in grades nine through twelve (9-12) pursuant to procedures developed by the department.   Students that earn an alternate academic diploma pursuant to § 49-6-6001, shall be included in the four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate pursuant to procedures developed by the department.
TN Code § 49-1-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 6 - Performance Goals and Assessment|§ 49-1-603. Value Added Assessment System

  “Value added assessment” means:  A statistical system for educational outcome assessment that uses measures of student learning to enable the estimation of teacher, school and school district statistical distributions; and   The statistical system will use available and appropriate data as input to account for differences in prior student attainment, such that the impact that the teacher, school and school district have on the educational progress of students may be estimated on a student attainment constant basis. The impact that a teacher, school or school district has on the progress, or lack of progress, in educational advancement or learning of a student is referred to hereafter as the “effect” of the teacher, school, or school district on the educational progress of students.     The statistical system shall have the capability of providing mixed model methodologies that provide for best linear unbiased prediction for the teacher, school and school district effects on the educational progress of students. It must have the capability of adequately providing these estimates for the traditional classroom of one (1) teacher teaching multiple subjects to the same group of students, as well as team taught groups of students or other teaching situations, as appropriate.   The metrics chosen to measure student learning must be linear scales covering the total range of topics covered in the approved academic standards to minimize ceiling and floor effects. These metrics should have strong relationship to the core academic standards for the applicable grade level and subject.
TN Code § 49-1-604 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 6 - Performance Goals and Assessment|§ 49-1-604. Mixed Model Methodologies

 As used in this part, “mixed model methodologies that provide for best linear unbiased prediction,” or similar language setting forth the methodology used for evaluating measured progress of students, teachers, schools or school districts, has the meaning and shall be interpreted as set forth in the following references:   “A Unified Approach to Mixed Linear Models,” McLean, Sanders, and Stroup; The American Statistician,  February 1991; Vol. 45, No. 1;   “Extension of the Gauss-Markov Theorem to Include the Estimation of Random Effects,” Harville; The Annals of Statistics,  1976; Vol. 4, No. 2, 384-395;   “Analysis of Variance in the Mixed Model: Higher Level, Nonhomogeneous, and Random Regressions,” Henderson; Biometrics,  September 1982; No. 38, 623-640;   “Maximum Likelihood Approaches to Variance Component Estimation and to Related Problems,” Harville; Journal of the American Statistical Association,  July 1977; Vol. 72, No. 358;   “Approximations for Standard Errors of Estimators of Fixed and Random Effects in Mixed Linear Models,” Kackar and Harville; Journal of the American Statistical Association,  December 1984; Vol. 79, No. 388; and   “The Analysis of Unbalanced Linear Models with Variance Components,” Engel; Statistica Neerlandica,  1990; Vol. 44, No. 4.
TN Code § 49-1-605 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 6 - Performance Goals and Assessment|§ 49-1-605. Annual Estimates of School District Effects on Student Progress in Grades Three Through Eight (3-8)

  By July 1 of each year, data from the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests, or their future replacements, will be used to provide an estimate of the statistical distribution of school district effects on the educational progress of students for grades three through eight (3-8).   By July 1 of each year, data from the TCAP tests, or their future replacements, will be used to provide an estimate of the statistical distribution of school effects on the educational progress of students for grades three through eight (3-8).
TN Code § 49-1-606 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 6 - Performance Goals and Assessment|§ 49-1-606. Annual Estimates of Teacher Effects on Student Progress in Grades Three Through Eight (3-8)

  Annually, data from the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests, or their future replacements, will be used to provide an estimate of the statistical distribution of teacher effects on the educational progress of students within school districts for grades three through eight (3-8). Teacher effect data shall not be retained for use in evaluations for more than the most recent five (5) years. A student must have been present for one hundred fifty (150) days of classroom instruction per year or seventy-five (75) days of classroom instruction in a block schedule before that student's record is attributable to a specific teacher.    The estimates of specific teacher effects on the educational progress of students will not be a public record, and will be made available only to the specific teacher, the teacher's appropriate administrators as designated by the local board of education and school board members. The state department of education shall provide raw test score data to LEAs as soon as practicable after receipt of the data, but in no case later than June 30. The estimates of specific teacher effects may also be made available to the state board approved teacher preparation programs of individual teachers. The estimates made available to the preparation programs shall not be a public record and shall be used only in evaluation of the respective teacher preparation programs. Each institution or postsecondary system receiving the estimates shall develop a policy to protect the confidentiality of the data.   The estimates of specific teacher effects on the educational progress of students may be made available to parties conducting research for, or on behalf of, the department, schools, LEAs, or postsecondary institutions; provided, however, that the estimates made available shall not be a public record and shall be used only for research purposes. Each party receiving the estimates of specific teacher effect data for research purposes shall execute a signed data sharing agreement with the entity providing the data that includes provisions safeguarding the privacy and security of the data.
TN Code § 49-1-607 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 6 - Performance Goals and Assessment|§ 49-1-607. Noncompliance With Security Guidelines for Tcap or Successor Test

 Any person found to have not followed security guidelines for administration of the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) test, or a successor test, including making or distributing unauthorized copies of the test, altering a grade or answer sheet, providing copies of answers or test questions or otherwise compromising the integrity of the testing process shall be placed on immediate suspension, and such actions will be grounds for dismissal, including dismissal of tenured employees. Such actions shall be grounds for revocation of state license.
TN Code § 49-1-608 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 6 - Performance Goals and Assessment|§ 49-1-608. Subject Matter Tests for Secondary Schools — Initiation of Value Added Assessment

 The development of subject matter tests shall be initiated to measure performance of high school students in subjects designated by the state board of education and reviewed by the education committee of the senate and the education committee of the house of representatives. These tests shall reflect the complete range of topics covered within the list of state-approved textbooks and instructional materials for that subject. As soon as valid tests have been developed, the testing of students shall be initiated to provide for value-added assessment. Value-added assessment shall be conducted annually. Value-added assessment may be initiated in other subjects designated by the state board of education and reviewed by the education committee of the senate and the education committee of the house of representatives at such times as valid tests are developed that effectively measure performance in such subjects.
TN Code § 49-1-609 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 6 - Performance Goals and Assessment|§ 49-1-609. Exclusion of Student Performance on Assessments Administered in 2020-2021 School Year to Assess Student Readiness for Postsecondary Education — Exception for Higher Performance Designation for the School or Lea

 To the extent authorized by federal law, student performance on assessments administered in the 2020-2021 school year to assess student readiness for postsecondary education must be excluded from the performance goals and measures required for schools and LEAs pursuant to this part, unless including student performance on postsecondary readiness assessments administered in the 2020-2021 school year results in a higher performance designation for the school or LEA.
TN Code § 49-1-610 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 6 - Performance Goals and Assessment|§ 49-1-610. New Test Questions — Formative Assessment Question Banks

  All tests used in accordance with this part shall be equivalent tests. Each year, at least thirty percent (30%) of items on each test must be fresh, nonredundant items that did not appear on that test in the previous two (2) years. The commissioner shall ensure that assessments used to measure academic progress required by this chapter meet acceptable standards of reliability and appropriately measure students at all levels of achievement.   The commissioner shall develop formative assessment question banks that are aligned to state-mandated summative assessments measuring the academic progress of students. The department of education shall make the formative assessment question banks available for use by LEAs. The commissioner shall begin developing the formative assessment question banks required under this subsection (b) no later than July 1, 2020.
TN Code § 49-1-611 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 6 - Performance Goals and Assessment|§ 49-1-611. Reports — Removal or Appointment of School Board Members

 The commissioner shall make periodic reports to the state board, the education committee of the senate, and the education committee of the house of representatives on the progress of any local school system or school placed on probation. Whenever it appears to the commissioner that a local school system or school placed on probation pursuant to § 49-1-602 is not taking action necessary to resolve the deficiencies identified in any report or study of the system or school, the commissioner may with the approval of the state board order the removal of some or all of the members of the local board and the director of schools and appoint an agent to direct all operations of the system. Before the removal or appointment functions are exercised, the commissioner shall also appear before the education committee of the senate and the education committee of the house of representatives for that purpose and present the reasons for the proposed actions. The committees may either endorse or refuse to endorse the proposed actions. The agent shall have all authority and powers previously vested in the local board and director of schools and such other powers as may be granted by law or regulation.
TN Code § 49-1-612 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 6 - Performance Goals and Assessment|§ 49-1-612. Alternate Assessment for Students With Cognitive Disabilities

 The state's alternate assessment for students with significant cognitive disabilities shall be based on alternate academic achievement standards designed to measure the knowledge and skills of students with significant cognitive disabilities and shall be aligned to Tennessee's state academic standards.
TN Code § 49-1-613 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 6 - Performance Goals and Assessment|§ 49-1-613. Annual School Improvement Plans

  Effective with school year 2007-2008, each school and LEA shall include in their annual school improvement plans specific goals for improvement, including, but not limited to, school performance on value added assessment and other benchmarks for student proficiency, graduation rates, ACT or SAT scores where applicable and student attendance. School improvement plans shall also identify areas of strengths and weakness, as well as strategies to improve areas of weakness, how additional funds provided through the basic education program (BEP) as the result of changes made in the BEP formula for school year 2007-2008 will be used to address these areas and how the LEA will measure the improvements supported by these funds. The strategies may include, but are not limited to:  Developing school or content-based professional development;   Developing teacher induction programs;   Increasing the number of reading and math specialists;   Increasing classroom equipment and supplies;   Reducing class size;   Using targeted tutoring and remediation;   Increasing numbers of school counselors and social workers;   Providing principal professional development;   Using enhanced technology for remediation and retesting;   Employing school attendance officers;   Reorganizing the school day instructional time; and   Implementing a standards-based curriculum and associated instructional strategies.     The department of education shall have the primary responsibility for collecting, evaluating, approving and monitoring system and school improvement plans.
TN Code § 49-1-615 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 6 - Performance Goals and Assessment|§ 49-1-615. Establishment of the Teacher Professional Development Fund

 The teacher professional development fund is established, into which only federal monies shall be deposited, for the purposes of improved teaching, pedagogical skills and classroom instruction.