Tenn. Teachers: Video, Not Policy, Caused Test Gains

If you are a regular reader of Education Week, you're probably aware that education-policy watchers have been keeping a close eye on Tennessee recently. One reason for this is that, over the past several years, the state has been a forerunner in putting in place a number of aggressive school-improvement initiatives, prominently including a revamped teacher-evaluation system that takes account of student test-score data. A second reason is that Tennessee was one of only three jurisdications in the country to show gains in both reading and math on the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress.