Table of contents
•	Title page
•	Introduction
•	Acknowledgments
•	National Summary
	State Profiles
	-	Alabama
	-	Alaska
	-	Arizona
	-	Arkansas
	-	California
	-	Colorado
	-	Connecticut
	-	Delaware
	-	District of Columbia
	-	Florida
	-	Georgia
	-	Hawaii
	-	Idaho
	-	Illinois
	-	Indiana
	-	Iowa
	-	Kansas
	-	Kentucky
	-	Louisiana
	-	Maine
	-	Maryland
	-	Massachusetts
	-	Michigan
	-	Minnesota
	-	Mississippi
	-	Missouri
	-	Montana
	-	Nebraska
	-	Nevada
	-	New Hampshire
	-	New Jersey
	-	New Mexico
	-	New York
	-	North Carolina
	-	North Dakota
	-	Ohio
	-	Oklahoma
	-	Oregon
	-	Pennsylvania
	-	Puerto Rico
	-	Rhode Island
	-	South Carolina
	-	South Dakota
	-	Tennessee
	-	Texas
	-	Utah
	-	Vermont
	-	Virginia
	-	Washington
	-	West Virginia
	-	Wisconsin
	-	Wyoming
•	Sources
•	Appendix A
•	Appendix B
•	Appendix C
•	Full report in PDF format (956K)

State Education Indicators With a Focus on Title I

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Tennessee
http://www.state.tn.us/education/

School and Teacher Demographics
Student Demographics
Statewide Accountability Information
Title I Schools
Assessment Information
Student Achievement 1998-1999
NAEP State Results
Printable version of this profile (PDF format)

School and Teacher Demographics

Number of districts
(CCD, 1998-99)

139

Number of public schools in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
942	263	291	49	9

Student/teacher ratio
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High
n/a	n/a	n/a

Number of FTE teachers in state
(CCD, 1998-99)
Elementary	Middle	High	Combined	Other
n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Public school enrollment
	1989-90	1998-99
K-8 (CCD)	590,121	637,196
9-12 (CCD)	229,539	240,893
Pre-K (by state definition)	n/a	n/a

Sources of funding
District average
(CCD, 1996-97)

State 47.7%, Local 43.4%, Federal 8.8%

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Student Demographics

Race/ethnicity
(CCD, K-12)
	1989-90	1998-99
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	n/a	0.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.7	1.1
Black	22.4	24.0
Hispanic	0.3	1.3
White	76.6	73.4

Students with disabilities
(OSEP, K-12)
1990-91	1998-99
11.7%	12.2%

Limited English proficient
(USED/NCBE, K-12)
1989-90	1996-97
2,829	7,223

Migrant
(OME, K-12)
1993-94	1998-99
391	1,502

High school dropout rate
(CCD, event)
1993-94	1997-98
n/a	5.0

Postsecondary enrollment
(IPEDS, High school grads enrolled in college)
1994-95	1997-98
54%	57%

All schools by percent of students eligible to participate in the Free Lunch Program
(CCD, 1998-99)

Data not available

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Statewide Accountability Information

Statewide Goal for Schools on State Assessment
Above 50 percentile on NRT in reading and math

Expected School Improvement on Assessment
TVAAS (value-added) score of 100 (3-5 year student improvement on TCAP)

Indicators for School Accountability
NRT/ (CTBS) value-added assessment, attendance, promotion, dropout

Title I Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for Schools
Grade 3-8 Improve mean performance level across grades by average of .05, Grade 9-12 Increase number of students passing Competency Examination.

Schools Meeting Title I AYP Goal
131 (17.0%)

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Title I Schools

Title I enrollment
(USED)
	1998-99
K-8	233,152
9-12	12,266
Pre-K	3,097

Race/ethnicity
(USED, K-12)
	Schoolwide	Targeted Assistance
American Indian/Alaskan Natives	316	37
Asian/Pacific Islander	1,262	148
Black	98,556	4,926
Hispanic	2,835	694
White	116,839	26,680

Title I allocation
(Includes Basic, Concentration, and LEA grants, Capital Expenditures, Even Start, Migrant Education, and Neglected & Delinquent, USED, 1998-99)

$131,169,017

Number of schools with Title I programs
Schoolwide vs. targeted assistance (USED)

In 1996, 171 schools with schoolwide programs and 721 schools with targeted assistance; in 1998, 406 schoolwide, 337 targeted assistance; in 1999, 474 schoolwide, 296 targeted assistance

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Assessment Information

Assessment Reported
Tennessee Comprehensive Achievement Program, new version in 1997-98

Progress Toward Assessment Aligned with Standards
Performance standards did not meet review criteria of the U.S. Department of Education.

State Definition of "Proficient"
Percentile, there is no definition of proficient.

Exclusion from Assessment
IEP team decision and local decision

Other Assessments
TCAP Writing Assessment

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Student Achievement 1998-1999

Percentage of students meeting state proficiency levels

Grade 4

Reading/ Language Arts
		Median National percentile
All Students		60%
Title I Schoolwide		41
Title I Targeted		48
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Mathematics
		Median National percentile
All Students		64%
Title I Schoolwide		47
Title I Targeted		32
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Grade 8

Reading/Language Arts
		Median National percentile
All Students		59%
Title I Schoolwide		43
Title I Targeted		55
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Mathematics
		Median National percentile
All Students		59%
Title I Schoolwide		43
Title I Targeted		57
Percent of School in Poverty
	00-34
	75-100
LEP Students
Migrant students

Grade 9

Reading
	Percent Passing Competency
All Students	78%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

Mathematics
	Percent Passing Competency
All Students	71%
Title I Schoolwide
Title I Targeted

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NAEP State Results
	Grade 4	Grade 8
Reading, 1998:
Proficient level and above	25%	26%
Basic level and above	58%	71%
Math, 2000:
Proficient level and above	18%	17%
Basic level and above	60%	53%