Tennessee Code 49-5-5607 – State board review of teacher training institutions – Probation – Revocation of state approval – Annual performance reports – Promulgation of rules
(a) The state board of education shall review the scores on the state teachers examination from each public and private teacher training institution. Any institution that had thirty percent (30%) or more of its students fail the examination in the previous year shall be informed and placed on probationary status. Any institution that has thirty percent (30%) or more of its students fail in two (2) consecutive years shall have its state approval revoked by the state board of education.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-5-5607
Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b)(1) The department of education shall develop annual performance reports for all approved educator preparation providers.(2) Each annual performance report must include the results of the department’s review of the educator preparation provider’s implementation of instruction aligned with the foundational literacy skills standards established pursuant to § 49-5-5619.(3) The department shall require approved educator preparation providers to submit evidence to the department demonstrating that the instruction provided by the educator preparation provider to candidates seeking a license to teach in this state is aligned with all applicable foundational literacy skills standards, including, but not limited to, the foundational literacy skills standards established pursuant to § 49-5-5619.(4) The state board of education shall publish the results of a review conducted by the department pursuant to subdivision (b)(2) in the state board of education’s annual teacher preparation report card prepared pursuant to § 49-5-108.(5) If the results of a review conducted pursuant to subdivision (b)(2) show that an educator preparation provider is not implementing instruction aligned with the foundational literacy skills standards, or is otherwise not meeting the state board’s expectations for purposes of § 49-5-5619, then the state board shall require the educator preparation provider to create and implement a corrective action plan. If the educator preparation provider fails to implement the corrective action plan, then the state board may revoke the state board’s approval of the program.(c) The state board of education shall promulgate rules necessary to effectuate this section. The rules shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
