The Alignment of Tennessee's Education Initiatives: Public Chapter 529, 2011
March 2012
Author: Russell Moore
Public Chapter 529 of 2011 directed the Comptroller’s Offices of Research and Education Accountability to prepare a report about the state’s K-12 education initiatives, including Race to the Top / Tennessee First to the Top, the Tennessee Charter School Incubator, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), and the Diploma Project. The law also requested an analysis of the alignment of these initiatives with concerns about educational performance. This brief provides a review of the concerns and significant reform efforts that have shaped American education policy over the past 30 years, and seeks to develop an understanding of how these broader currents have found expression in Tennessee’s own unique policy context.