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Tennessee’s Equity Plan. Dr. Julie McCarger Executive Director of Federal Programs for the Tennessee State Department of Education Cory Curl Director of Policy and Planning at Tennessee Department of Education. Tennessee’s Equity Plan. First step:
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Tennessee’s Equity Plan Dr. Julie McCarger Executive Director of Federal Programs for the Tennessee State Department of Education Cory Curl Director of Policy and Planning at Tennessee Department of Education
Tennessee’s Equity Plan • First step: • Statewide analysis (High Poverty vs. Low Poverty and High Minority vs. Low Minority) • Percentage of Novice Teachers (2 years or less) • Percentage of Inexperienced Teachers (5 years or less) • Percentage of Teachers with Master or Above • Interdistrict analysis
Tennessee Equity Plan • Second step • Analyzed teacher effectiveness data • Teacher effectiveness distributed • High-poverty/high-minority schools vs. Low-poverty/low-minority schools • Among years of experience Where were the most effective teachers teaching in our state? Did the experience of a teacher matter in their effectiveness?
Tennessee’s Most Effective TeachersAre they assigned to the students who need them the most?http://www.state.tn.us/education/nclb/ Topic: Using the data to drive changes in teacher distribution