University School receives award for High Academic Achievement!

School: University School

Division: Eastern Tennessee

Category: K-8/Middle

Statewide ranking: 7th out of 530 K-8/Middle schools in Tennessee Awards

Ranking: Second in our division

Award: $2,000

The Education Consumers Foundation launched the Value-Added Achievement Awards in Tennessee in 2006. This annual awards initiative was created to recognize the most effective principals and schools in the state, while at the same time building awareness and understanding of the state's value-added data system (the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System, or TVAAS)

Education reformers have made teacher quality a top concern in Tennessee and elsewhere – and rightly so. But without the support of a great principal, working quietly behind the scenes to create the conditions for success, even the best teachers will inevitably

be limited in what they can accomplish in the classroom. The Education Consumers Foundation is, therefore, proud to recognize the achievements of 18 of these principals from across the state through its annual Value-Added Achievement Awards. 

The representative of the foundation presented this award to our University School Administration, Faculty, and Staff, on Monday, May 6th, 2013, at University School in the library during a ceremony at 10:30 a.m..  Winners are selected based on the most important school measurement available: Learning gains across the entire student body, as measured by Tennessee’s Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS). TVAAS measures achievement gain in a way that permits schools to be compared regardless of the makeup of the student body. Schools whose students make the greatest annual gains in achievement earn the highest value-added scores. 

TVAAS ranking system charts http://www.education-consumers.org/tnproject/spc.htm   

We are so proud of our school for receiving this award.  Students and parents appreciate the effort put forth by all University School administration, faculty, and staff members and we are thrilled to see them receive this award recognizing their success!