Publications by Date

Changes Made to Tennessee Students' Access to Financial Aid in Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic	December 2020
Understanding Public Chapter 794: The Financial Aid Simplification for Tennesseans (FAST) Act	December 2020
The Outcomes Based Funding Formula	November 2020
TN Ready Test Development: Process and Costs	October 2020
Financial Exploitation of the Elderly in Tennessee	October 2020
Legislative Recap - Understanding Public Chapter 770: Tennessee Textbook Commission	August 2020
Tennessee Promise Evaluation	July 2020
Judicial Weighted Caseload Studies	April 2020
An Evaluation of the Tennessee Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission	February 2020
Tennessee School Nurses: Salaries and Benefits	February 2020
TANF Memo	February 2020
Student Growth Portfolios For Teacher Evaluation	February 2020
Opioid Prescribing Patterns and Prescriber Discipline in Tennessee	January 2020

Differentiated Pay	December 2019
Legislative Recap - Understanding Public Chapter 203: The Governor's Investment in Vocational Education Act	October 2019
Legislative Recap - Understand Public Chapter 506: Education Savings Accounts	June 2019
Mapping International Assessments	June 2019
Legislative Recap - Understanding Public Chapter 219: Public Charter School Commission	June 2019
Teacher salaries in Tennessee, 2015 - 2018	April 2019
Judicial Weighted Caseload Study	March 2019
Tennessee's Educator Preparation Providers	March 2019
Students in Tennessee Instructed by Consecutive Ineffective Teachers	March 2019
Special Report: Sex Week at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville	February 2019
Comptroller Survey Concerning Wages of Direct Support Professionals	January 2019

Review of Save the Children's State Literacy Grant	November 2018
Community Schools in Tennessee	October 2018
Update: Corporal Punishment in Tennessee	October 2018
Fiscal Year 2018-19 Verification of the Basic Education Program (BEP) Calculation	September 2018
Transparency of Business Incentives in Tennessee	September 2018
Learning Support in Tennessee's Public Colleges and Universities	Septermber 2018
Outcomes - Based Funding Formula Profiles for State Universities	August 2018
Supporting Tennessee Veterans in Postsecondary Education: Helping Heros Grant Program [2017 Update]	May 2018
2017 Memorandum Concerning Attorneys General and District Public Defenders Weighted Caseload Studies	May 2018
Home Schooling in Tennessee	April 2018
State Standardized Testing Requirements for Public, Private and Home Schools	April 2018
Corporal Punishment in Tennessee	March 2018
Review of ACT, Inc. in Response to the Misadministration of Fall 2017 ACT Retakes at Bearden High School and the Alvin C. York Institute	March 2018
Earthquake Drills for K-12 Schools: Requirements, Compliance, and Policy Considerations	March 2018
FY 2016-17 Tennessee Judicial Weighted Caseload Study	February 2018
Educator Sexual Misconduct Involving Students in Tennessee Schools	January 2018

Tennessee Community College Reconnect Grant Program: Conclusions and Policy Considerations	December 2017
Fiscal Year 2017-18 Verification of the Basic Education Program (BEP) Calculation	December 2017
Funding Tennessee’s Public Colleges and Universities: The Outcomes-Based Funding Formula	November 2017
Competitive Balance: Public & Private School Football in Tennessee	September 2017
Physical Education & Physical Activity Update	August 2017
K-12 Student Data Privacy Law: Questions and Answers	August 2017
Evaluation of the Tennessee Move on When Ready Program	July 2017
The IMPROVE Act	July 2017
County pregnancy rates and school districts’ family life education requirements	July 2017
Using BEP funding for non-public school choice programs	July 2017
2016 Memorandum Concerning Attorneys General and District Public Defenders Weighted Caseload Studies	April 2017
Senior Long-Term Care in Tennessee: Trends and Options	April 2017
FY 2015-16 Tennessee Judicial Weighted Caseload Study Update	April 2017
Mapping Tennessee Education	March 2017
The Basic Education Program (BEP)	February 2017

Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology: A Primer	December 2016
School Staffing Costs: From the BEP Formula to Paying Teachers in the Classroom	October 2016
Tennessee Charter School Funding	September 2016
Every Student Succeeds Act	June 2016
2015 Memorandum Concerning Attorneys General and District Public Defenders Weighted Caseload Studies	May 2016
Physical Education and Physical Activity in Tennessee	May 2016
Understanding the Governor’s Proposed Changes to the BEP Education Funding Formula and its Impact on the 2016-17 Budget Request	April 2016
Virtual Schools in Tennessee	March 2016
Defining Tennessee Education: A Glossary of Education Terms	March 2016
How much do we spend on education?	March 2016
FY 2014-15 Tennessee Judicial Weighted Caseload Study Update	February 2016
Charter School Facilities	January 2016
College Readiness of Tennessee Students	January 2016
Competency-based Education in Grades K-12	January 2016

Advanced Placement and Industry Certification Exam Fee Pilot Programs: Conclusions and Policy Considerations	December 2015
Understanding Tennessee’s Maintenance of Effort in Education Laws	September 2015
Credit Recovery Practices in Tennessee High Schools	September 2015
2014 Memorandum to District Attorneys and Public Defenders	April 2015
Tennessee School Safety	March 2015
An Overview of Tennessee’s High School Equivalency Tests	March 2015
Use of Value-Added in Teacher Evaluations: Key Concepts and State Profiles	March 2015
An Analysis of Teacher Evaluation Data and Teacher Characteristics	March 2015
FY 2013-14 Tennessee Judicial Weighted Caseload Study Update	January 2015
Tennessee Transportation Funding: Challenges and Options	January 2015

Charter Schools: Funding Tennessee’s Authorizers and Schools	November 2014
Administrative Spending in Tennessee K-12 Education	August 2014
Supporting Tennessee veterans in postsecondary education: The Helping Heroes Grant Program	July 2014
National Assessment of Educational Progress	April 2014
Tennessee’s No Child Left Behind Waiver	February 2014
Extended Learning Time	February 2014
Online Learning in Higher Education	January 2014
2014 Follow-up Report: Methamphetamine Production in Tennessee	January 2014

Tennessee Trial Courts Judicial Weighted Caseload Study, 2013	October 2013
Digital Textbooks in K-12 Schools	October 2013
TCAP and PARCC Student Tests	August 2013
Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System: A Brief Overview	August 2013
Information Technology Procurement in Tennessee	July 2013
Response to Public Chapter 585 (2012): HIV/AIDS Prevention Education in Tennessee Public Schools	April 2013
School Day Start Times	April 2013
2012 Memorandum to District Attorneys and Public Defenders	February 2013
Civic Education Assessments in Tennessee	February 2013
Tennessee Local Public Education Foundations	January 2013
FY2011–12 Tennessee Judicial Weighted Caseload Study Update	January 2013
Trends in Teacher Compensation: Focus on Alternative Salary Schedules	January 2013
Methamphetamine Production in Tennessee	January 2013

Teacher Planning Time in Tennessee	December 2012
Teacher Professional Development in Tennessee - Part 2	December 2012
Homeless Students in Tennessee Public Schools	October 2012
Homeschooling in Tennessee	September 2012
Teacher Professional Development in Tennessee	July 2012
K-12 Virtual Schools	May 2012
Autism in Tennessee: Part 3--Health	May 2012
Recent Teacher Policy Changes in Tennessee: Achieving and Maintaining Tenure	March 2012
Recent Teacher Policy Changes in Tennessee: Teacher Evaluations	March 2012
Recent Teacher Policy Changes in Tennessee: From Collective Bargaining to Collaborative Conferencing	March 2012
The Alignment of Tennessee's Education Initiatives: Public Chapter 529, 2011	March 2012
Statutory Options for School District Mergers: Report Addressing House Resolution 30, 2011	March 2012
English Language Learners in Tennessee Public Schools	February 2012

2011 Memorandum to District Attorneys and Public Defenders	December 2011
FY2010-11 Tennessee Judicial Weighted Caseload Study Update	December 2011
A Review of Tennessee's Report Card on the Effectiveness of Teacher Training Programs	October 2011
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards	September 2011
Evaluation of Tennessee's High School Uniform Grading Policy	September 2011
Legislative Brief: Coordinated School Health	September 2011
Scopes of Work: How Select Districts are using Race to the Top Funds	September 2011
Teacher Professional Development in Tennessee--Part 1	July 2011
Assessing the Impact of Tennessee's Pre-Kindergarten Program: Final Report	June 2011
International Assessments	April 2011
Basic Education Program Insurance Premiums	March 2011
SRG Pre-K Presentation to Education Committees	March 2011
Charter School Task Force Report	February 2011
FY2009-10 Tennessee Judicial Weighted Caseload Study Update	January 2011
2010 Memorandum to District Attorneys and Public Defenders	January 2011
2009-10 Memorandum to District Attorneys and Public Defenders	January 2011

Adult Education	December 2010
Autism in Tennessee: Part 2 - Education	December 2010
Tennessee Basic Education Program: An Analysis	December 2010
Assessing the Effectiveness of Tennessee’s Pre-Kindergarten Program: Second Annual Report	October 2010
Family Engagement in Education	July 2010
Tennessee’s Graduated Driver Licensing Law	June 2010
Tennessee’s Race to the Top Application	May 2010
Zero Tolerance: An Update, 2010	April 2010
Adolescent Literacy: Tennessee’s Efforts to Address Literacy for Adolescent Learners	March 2010
Charter School Task Force Report	March 2010
Supplemental Educational Services in Tennessee	March 2010
Assessing the Effectiveness of Tennessee’s Pre-Kindergarten Program: Third Interim Report	March 2010
State Education Profiles: Utah, Florida, North Carolina	February 2010
FY2008-2009 Tennessee Judicial Weighted Caseload Study Update	January 2010
2009 Memorandum Concerning Attorneys General and District Public Defenders Weighted Caseload Studies	January 2010
Commercial Fishing in Tennessee	January 2010

Assessing the Effectiveness of Tennessee’s Pre-Kindergarten Program: Annual Report, 2008-2009	October 2009
Autism in Tennessee: Part 1 - An Introduction to Issues and Data Collection Methods	October 2009
The Importance of School Leadership	October 2009
On the Horizon: State Initiative to Strengthen Tennessee Principals	October 2009
Tennessee’s Pre-Kindergarten Program: Policy History	October 2009
More Rigorous Standards and New Graduation Requirements	Septermber 2009
Keeping Tennessee Schools Safe	September 2009
Student Loan Sources and Practices: A Primer	August 2009
Tennessee Judicial Redistricting Study: Conclusions and Recommendations	April 2009
On the Horizon: Calculating and Reporting High School Graduation Rates	April 2009
Pre-K Teachers' Employment Rights and Benefits	March 2009
Teacher Compensation	March 2009
Teacher Compensation in Tennessee	March 2009
District Attorney Weighted Caseload Studies	January 2009
Judicial Weighted Caseload Studies	January 2009
Public Defender Weighted Caseload Studies	January 2009

2008 Memorandum Concerning Attorneys General and District Public Defenders Weighted Caseload Studies	December 2008
FY2007-2008 Tennessee Judicial Weighted Caseload Study Update	December 2008
Safeguarding Social Security Numbers in Tennessee Government Records	October 2008
Tenure in Tennessee	September 2008
Assessing the Effectiveness of Tennessee's Pre-Kindergarten Program: Second Interim Report	August 2008
Animal Shelters in Tennessee	May 2008
Charter Schools in Tennessee: Issues of Innovation and Sustainability	February 2008
FY2006-2007 Tennessee Judicial Weighted Caseload Study Update	February 2008

Assessing the Effectiveness of Tennessee's Pre-Kindergarten Program: First Interim Report	December 2007
Tennessee Highway Patrol Vehicle Stops During 2006: A Summary	December 2007
Immigration Issues in Tennessee	August 2007
Assessing the Effectiveness of Tennessee's Pre-Kindergarten Program: Preliminary Report	July 2007
Financing Health Care for the Uninsured: Who Bears the Burden in Tennessee?	May 2007
Evaluating Child Care: Tennessee's Star Quality Program	May 2007
An Analysis of An Economic Report to the Governor of the State of Tennessee, 2007	May 2007
Family Life Education in Tennessee	April 2007
Protecting Tennesseans from Education Fraud	April 2007

An Analysis of Tennessee's Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Limits	December 2006
State Approaches to Improving Tennessee's High-Priority Schools	December 2006
Zero Tolerance: An Update, 2006	July 2006
An Analysis of An Economic Report to the Governor of the State of Tennessee, 2006	May 2006
A Look at Tennessee's Charter Schools	April 2006
Educating Tennessee's Children in Custody	April 2006
Building and Financing Jails in Tennessee	March 2006
Mothers and Babies: The Health of Tennessee's Future	March 2006
Weighing the Costs of Obesity in Tennessee	March 2006
Understanding Tennesseans' Attitudes About Education	February 2006

Ethanol and Biodiesel: Questions and Answers	April 2005
Tennessee's Alternative Schools	April 2005
A Place to Call Home: A Look at Housing in Tennessee	February 2005
Hot Mix Asphalt for County Roads: Private Providers or Public Plants?	January 2005
Teaching Kids Math: Is Tennessee Doing Enough?	January 2005

Tennessee's Graduation Exams: Past, Present, and Future	November 2004
Tennessee's Death Penalty: Cost and Consequences	July 2004
Tennessee's Trash in a New Century	June 2004
Pay for People: Compensating Tennessee's State Workers	May 2004
The Education Improvement Act: A Progress Report	May 2004
Seeking a Way Out: Services and Challenges Affecting Tennessee's Poor	April 2004
Teaching Tennessee Adults	March 2004
Tennessee's Court System: Is Reform Needed?	January 2004
Teaching To Empty Desks: The Effects of Truancy in Tennessee Schools	January 2004

Serving the Aging and Disabled: Progress and Issues	December 2003
Elected vs. Appointed Superintendents: Questions and Answers	November 2003
The State of Tennessee's Jails	August 2003
Zero Tolerance in Tennessee Schools: An Update	August 2003
Where Are We Going? A Look at Transportation Planning in Tennessee	July 2003
Funding Public Schools: Is the BEP Adequate?	July 2003
Performance-Based Budgeting: A Primer for Legislators	May 2003
School Calendar Choices in Tennessee: A Look at Year Round/Nontraditional Schools	April 2003
Building Tennessee's Lottery: Considerations for Policymakers	February 2003
Statewide Summary: Tennessee Schools on Notice	January 2003

Tennessee Schools on Notice	December 2002
TennCare Prescription Drug Costs	December 2002
Prescription Drug Costs in Tennessee	November 2002
School Capital Funding: Supplementary State Profiles	August 2002
School Capital Funding: Tennessee in a National Context	August 2002
Reducing TennCare Drug Costs: A Proposal for Discussion	June 2002
Charter Schools in Tennessee?	April 2002
A Look at Tennessee's Family Resource Centers	April 2002
Multiple Choices: Testing in Tennessee	March 2002
Tennessee's Water Supply: Toward a Long-Term Water Policy for Tennessee	March 2002
Vehicle Stops and Race: A Study and Report in Response to Public Chapter 910 of 2000	March 2002

TennCare: A Closer Look	November 2001
The Need for Standardized Caseload Data in Tennessee Courts	May 2001
Nursing Home Regulation and Funding: A Resident-Oriented Approach	April 2001
An Analysis of An Economic Report to the Governor of the State of Tennessee: A Report To the State Funding Board, 2001	April 2001
National Board Certified Teachers: Questions and Answers	March 2001
Why Pre-K? A Legislative Briefing Paper	March 2001
Teaching Tennessee's Kids to Read: An Update	February 2001
Measuring Performance in Higher Education	February 2001

From Prison to The Free World	March 2000
Teaching Kids to Read: Is Tennessee Doing Enough?	February 2000
The Potential Impacts of Electric Industry Restructuring in Tennessee	February 2000
The Effects of Cuts, Consolidations, Prison Closures, and Other Changes in the Department of Correction Since July 1997	January 2000