EDUCATION REPORT CARD 2016

NASHVILLE

EDUCATION REPORT

CARD 2016

25TH EDITION

TENNESSEE

Submitted by the Chamber Education Report Card Committee Co-Chairs Harry Allen and Katherine McElroy Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools | 2015 - 2016 School Year

Presenting Sponsor Pivotal Partners

Education Advocate

Supporting Sponsors 2

Technology Partner

Table of Contents

4 Committee Roster 6 Executive Summary 8 Recommendations 10 Committee Commendations 12 Committee Concerns 13 Metro Nashville Public Schools Landscape 18 School System Performance 24 Literacy 29 Appendix A: Status of 2015 Education Report Card Recommendations 31 Appendix B: MNPS Demographic, Enrollment and Suspension Data 35 Appendix C: MNPS Funding 37 Appendix D: MNPS ACT and Graduation Data 42 Appendix E: MNPS Teacher Effectiveness and Attrition 44 Appendix F: MNPS Literacy Supports 46 Appendix G: MNPS Community Achieves 47 Appendix H: Experts Interviewed 49 Appendix I: Glossary 51 Acknowledgements

Data in this report was sourced from the following: MNPS/ACT District Report, MNPS; Tennessee

Department of Education; U.S. Census Bureau

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2016 Committee Roster

Co-Chair Harry Allen Senior vice president, Pinnacle Financial Partners Hume-Fogg alumnus MNPS parent (second year)

Co-Chair Katherine McElroy Partner, c3/consulting (third year)

Greg Bailey Principal, Bailey & Company Public Relations Hillwood High School alumnus (second year)

Dane Danielson Director of education, Gould Turner Group, P.C. (first year)

Laura Delgado Director, Pionero Scholars program, Lipscomb University (third year)

Rashed Fakhruddin Engineering supervisor, Nashville Electric Service Hillsboro High School alumnus MNPS parent (second year)

Mel Fowler-Green Executive director, Metro Human Relations Commission (first year)

AE Graham Communications director, Tennesseans for Student Success (first year)

Meg Harris Human resources business partner, UBS MNPS parent (second year)

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James Hartman Retired MNPS teacher Corinne L. Cohn High School alumnus (third year)

Colleen Hoy Director, We Build Tech, Nashville Technology Council (first year)

Jennifer Johnston Executive director, Vanderbilt Center for Nashville Studies (third year)

Tara Lentz Senior director of programs, Conexi?n Am?ricas (second year)

The Honorable Freddie O'Connell Software developer, Rustici Software District 19, Metropolitan Nashville Council MNPS parent (third year)

Tom Parrish Chief operating officer, Scarlett Family Foundation Hillwood High School alumnus (second year)

Anita H. Ryan Senior account executive, HST Interior Elements MNPS parent (third year)

Becky Sharpe CEO, International Scholarship and Tuition Services, Inc. Overton High School alumna MNPS parent (third year)

Melissa Spradlin Executive director, Book'em (first year)

Dr. Fallon Wilson Assistant vice president for institutional a dvancement, American Baptist College (first year) Dr. Jewell Winn Executive director for international programs and chief deputy diversity officer, Tennessee State University Maplewood High School alumna (third year) Roland Yarbrough Sales consultant, FedEx Office MNPS parent (second year) Candy Johnson (ex officio) Director, policy, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce

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