Bill > SB2242

This bill institutes a two-year waiver, beginning with the 2015-2016 academic school year, that prevents student growth data from the TNReady assessment, a standardized test used in Tennessee, from being used in teacher evaluations for all teachers in Local Education Agencies (LEAs). Additionally, the state board, working with the department of education, is required to study the accuracy and relevance of the TNReady assessment and its questions to the curriculum, and to provide a written report on these findings to the education committees of the state senate and house of representatives by March 1, 2017, and annually thereafter. The bill also adjusts how student growth data from TNReady will be incorporated into teacher evaluations in subsequent school years, starting with a 10% weighting in 2017-2018, increasing to 20% in 2018-2019, and then fully implemented thereafter, with provisions to use the most recent year of data if it results in a higher evaluation score for teachers during the transition period.