School Grading System — State Report Card — Implementation — Notice
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The department of education shall develop a school grading system that annually assigns A, B, C, D, and F letter grades to schools based on:
Student performance on the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests or end-of-course exams;
Student growth as indicated by Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) data or data from other measures of student growth; and
Other outcome indicators of student achievement that the department finds to be reliable measures of school performance.
The department of education shall include each school's A, B, C, D, or F grade on the state report card.
Implementation of the school grading system shall begin in the 2017-2018 school year; provided, however, prior to implementation, the state board shall review the grading scale developed by the department.
The department shall provide notice of the adopted grading scale to each LEA prior to the start of the 2017-2018 school year.
Notwithstanding subsection (a), student performance and student growth data from the TNReady assessments administered in the 2017-2018 school year shall not be used to assign a letter grade to a school pursuant to this section.
Notwithstanding subsections (a)-(c), student performance and student growth data from the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests, which include, but are not limited to, TNReady assessments, English learner assessments, alternate TCAP assessments, and end-of-course examinations, administered in the 2019-2020 school year shall not be used to assign a letter grade to a school, unless the use results in a higher letter grade for the school.