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Brianna Summers told members that \"less than half of educators teaching on a permit obtained a full and valid license within 3 years,\" a result the staff said sits nearly 20 percentage points below the committee's prior 65% goal. Committee members asked for more detail on why permit holders do not transition to full licensure and whether the limited-license pathway — recently introduced — will change outcomes.
Erica Light noted that the limited license \"is a new pathway for educators to go from a permit to a full license. And during the time period that was covered by this data, there hadn't really been enough time yet for people to use that pathway.\" Members asked staff to obtain updated Department of Education data in November and to consider how survey instruments (for example, the educator survey) might capture permit status and obstacles to licensure.
Members and staff discussed several potential levers: mandatory mentoring, targeted leadership and school-culture improvements, differentiated compensation plans that reward collaborative school-level gains, and the need to study district-level implementation. Nathan James, deputy executive director for legislative and external affairs, said recent legislation on merit pay \"largely mirrored what's already on the books\" but that statewide study and local innovation on differentiated compensation could be useful. Committee members and staff agreed more study is needed before adopting numeric changes to the master plan goals.
Ally Reid and staff committed to pulling existing reports and to circulating updated figures and relevant survey data to the committee ahead of its fall meetings.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Strategic Planning Committee Meeting - July 22, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Committee members pressed staff about why less than half of educators teaching on permits obtain full licensure within three years, discussed mentoring and differentiated compensation, and heard a staff estimate that about 5\u0010 to 10\u0010 of Tennessee educators teach on permits, with local variation.","taxTitle","State Board of Education, Deparments in Office of the Governor, Organizations, Executive, Tennessee","taxId",36988,"location","Tennessee","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6147160,"State board staff: literacy and postsecondary readiness improved but largely fell short of master plan goals",443,503000,946000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5521968-aae2d40b1f703080bc379934f2c73b85&start=503&end=946","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5521968-aae2d40b1f703080bc379934f2c73b85/thumbnail_503000.jpg","/articles/6147160/Tennessee/State-board-staff-literacy-and-postsecondary-readiness-improved-but-largely-fell-short-of-master-plan-goals","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6147160-6b23810f94004ae9c47d88e4dc97d9dc/orig.mp4?Expires=1770955513&Signature=MsNOSYQf6zlDjA-9ar6dUPS-FVqMMhp1Wn62rt0-BdggDi53M5hTTrSkNFVSm08Fb0DIUdnbnXqG2fD~GBzUOXzOg~TsptUi5MR3xAnLvHhr4Fe-iYr90P6jLNpkji8TajbTPkDooESEAelGThR41jCSiwAQKk8CU1NU~zg4AVXkVq9DIgehvwTVThE5bupvTjFGQJF8SgyX8SJcIq~p2LZe3yvzQjb-c7EOrRwZbZ9WiIjwDwDOqc0ffD4HVy19I0tKYth94Gjbu7z0lhMXN~mha6J579y4I0JMut0sZJpXSyGvOWJqnkyDJE08ZYFdKJ17DcfFTmLW5A4duN-YPw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","State board staff told the strategic planning committee on July 22 that statewide literacy and postsecondary-readiness measures have improved over recent years but generally fell short of the master plan's goals.
Brianna Summers, director of policy and academics, presented \"hot off the press\" 2025 data from the Tennessee Department of Education and said \"We're improving, but maybe not at the speed we want to.\" Summers highlighted gains in third- and eighth-grade ELA TCAP proficiency across most student groups but said the increases were smaller than the plan's targets.
On postsecondary and career readiness, Summers described the Ready Graduate indicator (an outcome that counts diploma completion, ACT/SAT-equivalent scores, industry credentials, dual enrollment or military readiness measures). She said the state made gains in postsecondary readiness overall but missed some subgroup goals, and noted the statewide postsecondary enrollment target for the class of 2023 fell short by 0.6 percentage points.
Erica Light, director of research for the state board, cautioned that some new pathways intended to increase licensure and readiness had not been in place long enough to appear in the current three-year datasets. \"The limited license is a new pathway for educators to go from a permit to a full license. And during the time period that was covered by this data, there hadn't really been enough time yet for people to use that pathway,\" she said. Members asked staff to bring updated THEC data at the August workshop.
Committee members discussed expanding the literacy focus to include numeracy and broader math measures and raised concerns about the availability and comparability of early-grade screening data. Staff recommended using TCAP grades for benchmarking where available and suggested grade-band goals for greater coverage when consistent data exist.
The committee did not adopt numeric changes at the meeting; instead members and staff agreed to gather broader stakeholder feedback in August and to refine proposed goals for committee review this fall.","State board staff presented new TCAP and readiness data showing increases in third- and eighth-grade ELA and in the Ready Graduate indicator, but several subgroup goals in the master plan were not met and growth trailed board targets.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6147165,"State Board strategic planning committee approves statewide stakeholder survey, sets timeline for master plan update",6449,29000,6478000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5521968-aae2d40b1f703080bc379934f2c73b85&start=29&end=6478","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5521968-aae2d40b1f703080bc379934f2c73b85/thumbnail_29000.jpg","/articles/6147165/Tennessee/State-Board-strategic-planning-committee-approves-statewide-stakeholder-survey-sets-timeline-for-master-plan-update","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6147165-3c0e99ceefce2d1bd96e9a5d38b4f0f9/orig.mp4?Expires=1770955513&Signature=R6ZGz2oNIW5fM1nNtxDCybTv4duSypKvKoKAviG7cReOkrtaskmTxDFOGuWtPR~jVYV-hD0bcm0hEyp05NYz8btbSc-N6XkNWxBUFGkYqGNiKI2IFpzdgFs0tPZpVkvAsrxHX-wxhzEIGEkfCLreNPyf0GBTL3v1hmlkuMCASKGMUdUuzwi1Hmm-pYKloIomZQAWuntE4LV5ALh5RutfNMxhbP49pNI-kHO3YrpAN8NfnXpfU3ndUy8KLR2JsPgfZ7mMn7FtXX8-c7OtrnLGbh7rPvbEWAdlbUsMYy5Pk2pxZ7-rtqe9NJxsB2Nwf8icNC0WUAk-AtbOHdCIWy83aw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Tennessee State Board of Education strategic planning committee on July 22 approved a stakeholder survey and a timeline to guide updates to the board's K-12 master plan, voting to release the survey in August and review results in late September or October.
The committee's chairman, Ryan Holt, moved that \"the recording serve as the minutes for this meeting,\" a procedural motion that the committee adopted at the start of the session. Later, Holt moved to \"approve the list of survey questions as proposed,\" a motion seconded by committee member Chrissy McIntyre; the roll call returned aye votes from McIntyre, Holt and Larry Jensen and the motion passed.
The action sets a public engagement period in August and a follow-up schedule: committee review of stakeholder feedback in late September or October, presentation of the 2025 master plan report to the full board in November, and the target date for final master plan approval at the February 2026 board meeting. Ally Reid, the board staff member leading the survey work, told members the survey would mirror questions asked of board members while adding items about organizational alignment and stakeholder representation.
Committee staff described the purpose of the master plan committee as updating the board's three-year master plan, which \"contains our goals and priorities for K-12 public education in Tennessee,\" and bringing a proposed revision to the full board in February 2026. Ally Reid read a memo on the record appointing Holt to chair the committee under board policy 1.2, section 5, a memo signed by State Board Chairman Robert Eby.
Members asked staff to widen the list of stakeholders and to look for potential misalignments between the board's master plan and plans of related agencies. Dr. Gentile (guest) urged the committee to \"annually assess who the stakeholders are, and measure what that engagement looks like.\" Committee staff agreed to tweak question wording to invite responses about both alignment and misalignment between respondents' organizations and the board's strategic priorities.
The committee also approved, by roll call, a procedural vote at the meeting start to allow the recorded virtual session to serve as the official minutes. Ally Reid said staff will circulate the August survey, gather responses for about a month, and return summary findings to the committee for drafting changes to master plan goals.","The Tennessee State Board of Education strategic planning committee approved a stakeholder survey and a timeline to update the board's master plan, directing staff to field the survey in August and return findings in late September or October ahead of a February 2026 board decision.","actionData","errors"]

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State Board strategic planning committee approves statewide stakeholder survey, sets timeline for master plan update