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Board hears concerns as TELA first-time pass rate falls to 35%
Summary
State education officials told the board that Tennessee's early-literacy assessment first-time pass rate declined to 35% in year two, prompting questions about test use, oversight of educator-preparation providers and supports to raise rates.
The State Board of Education was presented with early results from the Tennessee Early Literacy Assessment (TELA) and several board members questioned the low first-time pass rate.
Taylor Reed, senior director of licensure for the department, told the board the TELA was launched in 2023 as a 25-item assessment aligned with the Tennessee Literacy Success Act and that it is a pathway (but not a substitute) for licensure-related literacy requirements. "For overall pass time rate for year 2 was 35 percent down, from the 40.2 percent in year 1,"…
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