2010 Tennessee Code
Title 49 - Education
Chapter 15 - Cooperative Innovative High School Programs
49-15-108 - Evaluation of programs Reporting.

49-15-108. Evaluation of programs Reporting.

(a)  Success of a program shall be measured by high school retention rates, high school completion rates, high school dropout rates, certification and associate and baccalaureate degree completion, admission to four-year institutions, postgraduation employment in career or study-related fields, employer satisfaction of employees who participated in and graduated from the programs and other measures as the consortium finds appropriate. The consortium shall evaluate programs for success, shall establish best practices and lessons learned from successful programs and shall provide assistance to LEAs and postsecondary institutions seeking to implement a program by replicating or adapting a successful program designed elsewhere or through creation of a new program.

(b)  The consortium shall report to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives annually by February 15. The report shall include a description of each program and an evaluation of its success, if the evaluation can be made at the time of the report. The progress of the plan for statewide implementation of cooperative innovative high school programs and the plan's subsequent implementation shall be included in the report that is due by February 15, 2009.

[Acts 2007, ch. 459, § 1.]