Four Districts Lead Region in TVAAS Scores

Four Upper Cumberland districts lead the region in The Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System scores.

Overton, Dekalb, Pickett and Jackson County scored the highest possible level.

Vicky Eldrige is Supervisor of Instruction for the Overton County Schools.

“The TVAAS is figured on how much growth our students make from year to year,” Eldrige said. “With a three meaning that our students have grown one full year and a 5 meaning that we have exceeded state expectations in growth.”

Eldrige said the TVAAS scores help monitor the growth of the students.

“It is a good meter for us to look at and see what kind of education we are providing to our students,” Eldrige said. “And what we see is that they are exceeding the state growth expectations. So they are gaining more than one year’s education for each year.”

Now that the schools received this information, Overton will start evaluating areas at which the system can improve.

“Of course the data is still fresh so we have teams coming together to go through every school and through our district as a whole pinpointing those areas,” Eldrige said. “And working on plans. So that is still sort of in the process because the data is new.”

Director of Schools Mark Winningham said the score reflects the educators’ hard work.

“Our teachers have done a fantastic job. Our administrators and the administrative teams have done a fantastic job,” Winningham said. “We are just overjoyed with where we are.”

Among the other districts, Cumberland, Fentress and Van Buren County reported a score of 3.  Putnam, Clay, and White County scored a 1.