2010 Tennessee Code
Title 49 - Education
Chapter 1 - State Administration
Part 6 - Performance Goals and Assessment
49-1-601 - Performance goals at the local level.

49-1-601. Performance goals at the local level.

(a)  The state board of education, in consultation with the commissioner, shall establish appropriate performance goals and measures.

(b)  (1)  All public schools and local education agencies shall make adequate yearly progress (AYP) in achieving proficiency for all student subgroups in core academic subjects as determined by the state board of education.

     (2)  All public schools and LEAs shall have academic growth for each measurable academic subject within each grade greater than or equal to standards for expected academic growth set by the commissioner with the approval of the state board. Growth shall be determined through the value added assessment provided for in §§ 49-1-603 49-1-608.

(c)  If schools or LEAs do not have academic growth equal to or greater than the standards for expected academic growth based upon the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests, or tests that measure academic performance that are deemed appropriate, each school and LEA is expected to make statistically significant progress toward that goal. The rate of progress within each grade and academic course necessary to maintain compliance with this part will be established after two (2) years of consecutive testing with tests adopted for each grade and subject as provided in §§ 49-1-603 49-1-608. Schools or LEAs that do not achieve the required rate of progress may be placed on probation pursuant to § 49-1-602. Schools or school districts that do not achieve the required rate of progress should be known and referred to as “high priority schools or school districts.”

(d)  All schools within all LEAs are expected to maintain appropriate levels of school attendance and graduation rates. The 1991-1992 school year is the base year for measuring levels of attendance rates. The 2002-2003 school year is the base year for measuring levels of graduation rates. Schools that do not maintain appropriate levels, as set by the state board on the recommendation of the commissioner, may be placed on probation pursuant to § 49-1-602.

(e)  There is a rebuttable presumption that if a school or school district has not achieved the goals pursuant to subsection (c) or maintained attendance and graduation rates pursuant to subsection (d), it is out of compliance with the requirements of §§ 49-1-209, 49-1-210 and this part and subject to probation as provided for in § 49-1-602.

[Acts 1992, ch. 535, § 4; 2004, ch. 832, § 1; 2004, ch. 928, §§ 1-5.]