The Friday Flicker · Issue #24
Tennessee Opens Public Portal Showing School and District Value-Added Metrics for 2025-2026 School Year
Good evening,
This week, Tennessee released new academic growth ratings for 1,743 schools and 147 districts, offering a look at student progress during the 2025–26 school year ahead of next month’s full state report card.
We also reported on Metro Nashville Public Schools’ lack of routine grade-change audits ahead of an $800,000 performance review, Tennessee’s graduation rate reaching 93.2%, and Nashville’s new reading plan targeting 70% third-grade proficiency by 2038.
Plus, we have news of Senate Republicans selecting their leadership team ahead of the upcoming legislative session and military-connected students leading the state in graduation rates.
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New Growth Ratings: Tennessee Opens Public Portal Showing School and District Value-Added Metrics for 2025-2026 School Year
By Firefly Staff
Ahead of December's planned release of Tennessee's education report card, the state has quietly launched the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) portal, which shows school and district growth for the 2025-2026 academic year.
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Metro Nashville Schools Do Not Routinely Audit Grade Changes as City Plans $800,000 Review
Metro Auditor Lauren Riley told the Metro Audit Committee in June that the audit’s scope will be set independently at the end of its planning phase.
Firefly Staff
Tennessee’s Class of 2026 Graduation Rate Rises to 93.2 Percent
Ninety-two school systems graduated at least 95 percent of their students on time, and Nashville posted the biggest gain among the state’s 10 largest districts.
Firefly Staff
Metro Nashville Reading Plan Sets 2038 Goal for 70 Percent Third-Grade Proficiency
The school board votes on the state-required plan Tuesday evening, after third-grade reading rose to 35.5 percent last spring but fell short of the district’s own three-year target.
Firefly Staff
Senate Republicans Select Nominee for Tennessee’s New Lieutenant Governor
Senator Dawn White of Murfreesboro was elected majority leader and Senator Becky Massey of Knoxville was elected caucus chair in Tuesday’s Senate Republican caucus elections.
Firefly Staff
Military-Connected Students Post the Highest Graduation Rate of Any Tennessee Student Group
About a third of the state’s 1,035 military-connected students in the class of 2026 attended Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools, where 96.6 percent of them graduated on time.
Firefly Staff
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