Hamilton County public school students showed the expected amount of academic growth compared to their peers, according to new state data.
The district received a system-wide score of three — on a scale of one to five — through the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System, which evaluates student performance year over year to measure growth.
A score of one means students made less academic growth than expected. A score of three means they had the expected level of growth, and a score of five means the students achieved more growth than expected.
Superintendent Justin Robertson said the district’s growth level for the 2024-25 school year when paired with its state standardized test scores was, to him, a “sign of a really healthy school district.”
“What I take away from it is the emphasis that we put on the academic press side, and the personalization side is showing up in a more consistent way, which is what we want,” he said in an interview. “Do we want to get better? Absolutely, but I’m really encouraged that for two years in a row, achievement gains are being seen across the district and growth is at expectations.”