Hamilton County Schools officials have been celebrating the release of the district’s 2019 TNReady and TVAAS results this week.
Students across the district are improving and overall the district is outperforming the state in a number of areas – five of eight to be exact – but TVAAS is a measure of how much students improved, not necessarily if they are actually on track or not.
Though the district might be performing better than the state, in areas such as third grade reading, Algebra 1 and English 1, fewer than half of students are performing on or above grade level.
Below, the Times Free Press takes a deeper look at some of Hamilton County’s TNReady data.
Students in grades 3-8 take state assessments in reading and English/Language Arts, math, science and social studies each year. Six high school subjects also have end of course exams (EOCs). Students can score in one of four categories: below grade level, approaching grade level, on track (or on grade level) and mastered.