Tennessee: 2024 Assessment Results

Small gains in Math, ELA

Welcome to the 2024 State Assessment Data Substack. We’ll be releasing these posts as states release their data (and we clean it). We’re going streamlined this year. Every post will have three sets of graphs: 1) math and ELA test scores for grades 3-8 over time, 2) math and ELA scores by race/ethnicity, and 3) outcomes by economic status, when possible. 

Our intention here is to give you the big picture: where are the state scores going, and how does that differ by group.  Nothing fancy!

These graphs are made with Zelma.ai, and if you want to explore up through the 2023 data yourself, you can do that here. Have questions? Email us at statetestscoreresults@gmail.com.

Today: Tennessee.

State Assessment Background

Tennessee first administered the TNReady assessment for students in Grades 3-8 as part of the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) in 2017. The results below reflect student outcomes between 2017-2024. 

Overall Trends

Overall proficiency for students in Tennessee increased slightly in both ELA and math between 2023 and 2024 for students in grades 3–8. Math proficiency rates improved about 2 percentage points (up from 38% to 40% proficient), though they have not quite reached pre-pandemic rates (about 41% in 2019). ELA scores improved about 1 percentage point (up from 37% to 38% proficient), above 2019 rates of 34%.

Overall ELA & Math Results, Grades 3–8

Trends by Race and Ethnicity

ELA Results by Race/Ethnicity, Grades 3–8

Math Results by Race/Ethnicity, Grades 3–8

Trends by Economic Status

ELA Results by Economic Status, Grades 3–8

Math Results by Economic Status, Grades 3–8