Department Assessment Analysis

(1) Pursuant to T.C.A. § 49-6-3507(b) and in order to assess academic performance, the Department shall annually select a statistical sample of Recipients enrolled in any of the grades three (3) through eight (8) who, pursuant to T.C.A. § 49-6-3507(a)(1)(B), were Recipients during the prior school year and were administered TCAP assessments in the prior school year. (2) The statistical sample shall be determined based on all Recipients administered the TCAP in the relevant grade bands in the subjects of English language arts and mathematics who have a valid, reportable assessment score. While ensuring data privacy restrictions, the sample shall be sufficient to generate a 95 percent confidence interval of results being representative of the entire pool of Recipients. The Department shall prepare an annual report on the outcomes of the analysis.