State of Education in Tennessee Executive Summary – 2011-12 | Page 27

SECTION 2: S CORE Card

District Data
Following the significant declines in student proficiency
rates on the 2010 TCAP examinations that reflected the
heightened expectations set by the Tennessee Diploma
Project, district data reflect some promising gains in 2011.
Overall, students improved their reading proficiency
by an average of 3 percentage points, with 49 districts
outpacing the average. Students showed more
pronounced gains in math, where the proficiency rate
increased by an average of 7 percentage points across
districts. The highest one-year improvement came in Cocke
County, where students improved their math proficiency
by 21 points over the previous year. Five districts tied for
the second most improvem