- 77% of Tennessee 8th graders are not proficient in math and 75% are not proficient in reading according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
- 21% of Tennesseans over the age of 18 cannot read well enough to fill out an application, read a food label, or read a simple story to a child.
- 67% of Tennesseans who receive a HOPE lottery scholarship fail to keep it for four years.
This group was started by Sen. Bill Frist to begin a series of discussions on how to move education in Tennessee forward. The second meeting of its steering committee will be on Monday, March 23 in Nashville. The organization also holds town hall style meetings across the state. A recent event was held in Jackson on March 9. At that meeting, SCORE Executive Director Brad Smith and Tennessee State Board of Education Executive Director Gary Nixon heard from education leaders from that region about the challenges they are facing, solutions they have found that work, and advice on how SCORE can assist with local education reform efforts. One of the meeting's key takeaways was the importance of making education Tennesseans' top priority and helping raise students' expectations for themselves.
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