The Campbell County Board of Education met for a state data review workshop Wednesday evening in the lower conference room of the BOE’s Central Office.    Director of Schools Jennifer Fields, Title I Director Pam Walden, and Secondary Supervisor Dr. Jason Horne presented the 2017-2018 school year state testing and the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) data to the board.

TVAAS measures student growth year over year, regardless of whether the student is proficient on the state assessment. In calculating a TVAAS score, a student’s performance is compared relative to the performance of his or her peers who have performed similarly on past assessments.

Specific data showed that 22.1% of students had chronic absenteeism and 12.5% of students were disciplined.  CLICK HERE to see the TVAAS scores for Campbell County and the measures put in place to improve growth and achievement for the 2018-2019 school year.

Of the data in the subject areas, mathematics is where the county seems to struggle. School Board member Noah Smith brought up a solution that is being worked on between the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and Campbell County Schools to try and recruit graduating students who are wanting to become mathematics teachers to come to Campbell County and teach.

The data presented showed a great amount of opportunity for growth and achievement, and Fields presented several solutions (see above) that have already been implemented and ones that are being developed. It was noted that Jellico Elementary School is a priority school and that the school has received grant funding in order to help stimulate growth and achievement.  Fields is confident that Campbell County will improve its scores and is very optimistic about this year and the coming years. (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED – 11/29/2018-6AM)

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