Tennessee Department of Education:Responsible for public K-12 and vocational-technical education statewide. Information about the department, its programs, and other state education topics, including colleges and universities, with links to individual schools and districts.
Baccalaureate Education System Trust (BEST): Information about the state's program that gives families the opportunity to prepay their children's college tuition.
Department of Education Assessment, Evaluation and Research Division: Information about state public schools' testing programs and the TCAP, Gateway, and other exams. Includes some sample tests.
State Board of Education: Governing and policy making body for the Tennessee system of public elementary and secondary education. Includes master plans, policies, regulations, teacher certification requirements, and related topics.
Support and Training for Exceptional Parents (STEP): Statewide family-to-family program providing free information, advocacy training, and support services to parents of children eligible to receive special education services.
Tech Prep Tennessee: About initiatives that offer students technical education in a sequence that begins in high school and advances to post-secondary schools.
Tennessee Arts Academy: Information about intensive week-long training sessions offered in the summer in Nashville for K-12 arts teachers, supervisors and principals from across Tennessee. Topics include theatre, visual arts, music, and administration.
Tennessee Curriculum and Instruction: Statewide curriculum standards for public schools (K-12).
Tennessee Destination Imagination: State unit of nationwide creativity and problem solving program for youth. Lists officers and events schedule.
Tennessee Education Report Card: Test results and various other measures of school performance (from state Dept. of Education).
Tennessee School WebSites: State-maintained lists of links for public and private schools and school districts.
Tennessee Schools Performance: Data on TCAP (Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program) achievement test results for all state public schools. (From Nashville Tennessean)
Tennessee Schools Teacher Ratings: Students anonymously grade their teachers
Tennessee Science Bowl: A fast-paced academic competition that offers a chance for teams of high school students to match their wits in math and science. Regional/state winners advance to the National Science Bowl in Washington, D.C.
The Tennessee Board of Regents: Governing body for several state universities, public two-year colleges, Tennessee Technology Centers. Site includes links to Board of Regents schools.
