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Tennessee ELA standards panel adopts revised K-2 standards; leadership to draft executive summary
Summary
An advisory committee to the Tennessee State Board of Education voted Oct. 28 to adopt a revised set of K-2 English language arts standards after editing glossary entries, cleaning references and appendices, and refining guidance for electives. The committee also asked its leadership team to draft an executive summary of its work.
The Tennessee State Board of Education's English Language Arts Standards Recommendation Committee voted Oct. 28 to adopt a revised set of K-2 ELA standards, concluding months of work on definitions, references and elective guidance.
The committee, convened electronically and chaired by Chair Kernighus, began the meeting at 3:37 p.m. and approved a motion to use the recording as the official minutes. After a late-afternoon recess, members reconvened at 6:10 p.m., completed a final sweep of "parking garage" items (outstanding edits and appendix requests), and voted by roll call to (1) instruct the leadership team to prepare an executive summary and (2) adopt the revised standards. The roll-call votes recorded seven ayes and no opposing votes for both motions; one member was absent for parts of the meeting.
Why it matters: The committee's vote sends the revised standards to the…
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