SCORE CARD INDICATORS
The district data for each of the following indicators were obtained from the Tennessee Department of Education
and apply to the 2014-15 school year.
District Characteristics
Number of Schools – The number of schools
operating in each district for the 2014-15 school year
Enrollment – The total count of students enrolled in
each individual school district as of October 1, 2014
Percent Black – The percent of enrolled students
self-identified as Black or African-American
Percent Hispanic – The percent of enrolled students
self-identified as Hispanic or Latina/o
Percent White – The percent of enrolled students
self-identified as White
Percent ED – The percent of enrolled students
identified as economically disadvantaged or eligible for
free and reduced price lunch
Per Pupil Spending – The total current operating
expenditures on a per pupil basis in each district from
state, local, and federal sources
Percent Local Funding – The percent of district per pupil
expenditures that comes from local revenue sources
• Level 3: Average effectiveness – schools
whose students are making the same amount
of progress as the Standards for Academic
Growth
• Level 2: Approaching average effectiveness
– schools whose students are making less
progress than the Standards for Academic
Growth
• Level 1: Least effective – schools whose
students are making substantially less progress
than the Standards for Academic Growth
Composite – The TVAAS Composite score shows
growth at the district level based on student
performance on statewide assessments across all
available subjects and grades, and includes grades
K-2 for districts that opted to test those students
Numeracy – The TVAAS Numeracy score is based
on all available data in math
Literacy – The TVAAS Literacy score is based on
all available data in reading/language arts
Tennessee Assessments
Percent Prof/Adv 3-8 Math – The percent of
students in grades 3-8 who scored proficient
or advanced on the state’s 2014-15 TCAP math
assessments
High School Success
Percent Prof/Adv 3-8 Reading – The percent of
students in grades 3-8 who scored proficient or
advanced on the state’s 2014-15 TCAP reading/
language arts assessments
EOC English II – The percent of 9-12 grade students
within the district who scored proficient or advanced
on the state’s 2014-15 English II EOC
TVAAS – The scores based on growth for one year
from the previous academic year. The Standard for
Academic Growth is met when the student group
makes one year’s growth and maintains their relative
achievement from one year to the next. Scores are
provided on the following 1-5 scale:
• Level 5: Most effective – schools whose
students are making substantially more progress
than the Standards for Academic Growth
• Level 4: Above average effectiveness –
schools whose students are making more
progress than the Standards for Academic
Growth
EOC Algebra I – The percent of 9-12 grade students
within the district who scored proficient or advanced
on the state’s 2014-15 Algebra I EOC
EOC Biology I – The percent of 9-12 grade students
within the district who scored proficient or advanced
on the state’s 2014-15 Biology I EOC
ACT Composite – The average ACT composite score
for the 2015 graduating class for all test-takers within
a given district
Graduation Rate – The percent of students in each
district who graduated from high school within four
years and a summer out of those students that
entered the ninth grade four years prior
ACT College Readiness – The percent of students
in each district who met ACT’s College Readiness
Benchmarks across all four subject areas
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