State officials say 139 Tennessee schools failed to make adequate yearly progress in at least one area. Most are on warning for the first time, and have another year to improve without incurring sanctions.
Twenty schools performed poorly enough over the last several years that they must go through some form of restructuring. All of those are in urban districts, and most are in Memphis.
Four districts have been designated high priority school systems: Davidson, Robertson, Maury, and Jackson-Madison County. That means the districts have failed to meet academic goals for two years in a row. It takes as long to get off the list as it does to get on it in the first place: the systems must make adequate progress for two straight years to lose their high priority status.
The complete list of schools not making AYP is on the state department of education’s website.
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