• Organizational Background: Tennessee SCORE works to ensure public education in Tennessee continues to deliver academic progress for students from kindergarten through career. SCORE informs and influences state policy, monitors progress to measure impact and identify challenges, and prioritizes Tennessee’s education agenda. SCORE participated in both previous phases of SCG’s MAA Action Accelerator. They conducted polling with families across Tennessee in their prior efforts to help ascertain receptivity to academic assessments and changes to the accountability system.

  • Project: SCORE is conducting a study incorporating school funding into the accountability system. They are investigating the intersection around per- pupil expenditures within the current landscape of COVID-19 around what is being publicly reported.

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TN Score -Chalkbeat - Despite COVID, most Tennessee parents are upbeat about school this year, poll says
TN Score -Chalkbeat - Despite COVID, most Tennessee parents are upbeat about school this year, poll says

A month into the new academic year, three-fourths of Tennessee parents said school was going well for their child and 69% said their student felt safe attending classes in person, even as many districts closed temporarily under the strain of COVID’s highly contagious delta variant.

Image credit: Students line up during a summer camp at Benny Bills Elementary School in Gallatin, Tennessee, on June 29, 2021. Marta W. Aldrich / Chalkbeat

TN SCORE - Channel 5 News - Poll highlights Tennessee parents' concerns about learning loss
TN SCORE - Channel 5 News - Poll highlights Tennessee parents' concerns about learning loss

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A new poll shows Tennessee parents are concerned that students fell behind during the pandemic. The poll is by the State Collaborative on Reforming Education. It was done over the phone for five days with a sample of 500 voters and 300 public school parents in the state.

TN SCORE - 2021 Poll News Release
TN SCORE - 2021 Poll News Release

NASHVILLE – Parents in Tennessee express concerns that students have fallen behind in their learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in a new poll of parents and voters commissioned by the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE).

TN SCORE - Sept 2021 Poll Key Findings
TN SCORE - Sept 2021 Poll Key Findings

On behalf of SCG MAA Action Accelerator participant, TN SCORE, Public Opinion Strategies completed a survey among 500 registered voters and 300 public school parents in Tennessee. Half of the interviews were conducted via cell phone, with the other half among landline telephones. The survey was conducted September 1-5, and has a margin of error of +4.38% for the sample of registered voters and a margin of error of +5.66% for the oversample of public school parents.

TN SCORE - Tennessee Poll Data Memo
TN SCORE - Tennessee Poll Data Memo

The purpose of this memo is to review some of the key findings from our recent Tennessee statewide survey that was conducted on behalf of TN SCORE. This survey of 500 registered voters and 300 public school parents was conducted between September 1st-5th, 2021, and has a margin of error of +/- 4.38% for registered voters and +/- 5.66% for public school parents.