ECF Help Page

Support for Parents, Educators, and the Community For Tennessee citizens who want to see students and schools excel, the Education Consumers Foundation provides helpful information on measuring both school and student performance. For those interested in pursuing improved student and/or school performance based on this information, the links below should serve as a starting point. Books by Elaine McEwan Former educator and administrator Elaine McEwan has written several books on school leadership and improvement. These include: Ten Traits of Highly Successful Schools: … Read More

About TVAAS

Tennessee’s Value Added Assessment: Why It’s Important and How It Works Ten years prior to the federal No Child Left Behind Act, Tennessee enacted its Value Added Assessment System (TVAAS). TVAAS was and is a major advancement in educational accountability. It remains the most sophisticated and mature school accountability system in use today. It is TVAAS’s statistical precision that makes it possible to rank Tennessee’s schools according to their effectiveness in helping students learn. Prior to 1980, school … Read More

Consumer Tools

ECF has numerous tools to help keep you informed. Check out the links below for more detailed reports and articles. The ECF Cost Calculator: Determining the Cost of the Failure to Teach Reading Reading failure is imposing a hidden annual surtax: Find out how much your schools are contributing to the problem. Calculate the Cost Background on the Calculator   School Performance Nationally by State Are the Schools in Your State Teaching Children to Read? School Performance Nationally … Read More

Achievement vs. Growth “Birdshot” Chart

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Tennessee Growth vs. Achievement “Birdshot” Chart   Tennessee school performance is measured on two factors: achievement, assessed with the TCAP and ACT tests; and growth, seen in TVAAS (i.e., value-added) results. Parents can compare the performance of their child’s school with others across the district or the state by viewing ECF’s interactive Growth vs. Achievement Charts. Links to charts of recent years are listed below.  Note that the 2011 charts for elementary and middle grades rely on a “Growth … Read More

School Performance in West Virginia

West Virginia: Comparing schools and districts based on student proficiency The information below reflects the most recent data available to us; please contact us with questions or to request additional analyses. Analysis: Comparing schools and districts on third grade proficiency in reading and math The charts linked below allow you to compare schools and districts in West Virginia with their peers. The Y (vertical) axis shows the percentage of proficient 3rd graders in a subject; the X (horizontal) … Read More

School Performance in Ohio

Ohio: Comparing schools and districts based on student proficiency The information below reflects the most recent data available to us; please contact us with questions or to request additional analyses. Analysis: Comparing schools and districts on third grade proficiency in reading and math The charts linked below allow you to compare schools and districts in Ohio with their peers. The Y (vertical) axis shows the percentage of proficient 3rd graders in a subject; the X (horizontal) axis shows … Read More

School Performance in North Carolina

North Carolina: Comparing schools and districts based on student proficiency The information below reflects the most recent data available to us; please contact us with questions or to request additional analyses. Analysis: Comparing schools and districts on third grade proficiency in reading and math The charts linked below allow you to compare schools and districts in North Carolina with their peers. The Y (vertical) axis shows the percentage of proficient 3rd graders in a subject; the X (horizontal) … Read More

School Performance in New Jersey

New Jersey: Comparing schools and districts based on student proficiency The information below reflects the most recent data available to us; please contact us with questions or to request additional analyses. Analysis: Comparing schools and districts on third grade proficiency in reading and math The charts linked below allow you to compare schools and districts in New Jersey with their peers. The Y (vertical) axis shows the percentage of proficient 3rd graders in a subject; the X (horizontal) … Read More

School Performance in Mississippi

Mississippi: Comparing schools and districts based on student proficiency The information below reflects the most recent data available to us; please contact us with questions or to request additional analyses. Analysis: Comparing schools and districts on third grade proficiency in reading and math The Education Consumers Foundation is unable to create a school performance graphic for Mississippi schools.  According to the Mississippi Department of Education, school performance data files that are made available to researchers in virtually every … Read More

School Performance in Maryland

Maryland: Comparing schools and districts based on student proficiency The information below reflects the most recent data available to us; please contact us with questions or to request additional analyses. Analysis: Comparing schools and districts on third grade proficiency in reading and math The charts linked below allow you to compare schools and districts in Maryland with their peers. The Y (vertical) axis shows the percentage of proficient 3rd graders in a subject; the X (horizontal) axis shows … Read More

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