1. The estimates of specific teacher effects on the educational progress of students will not be a
   public record, and will be made available only to the specific teacher, the teacher's appropriate
   building administrators and central office administrators as designated by the local board of
   education and school board members.
2. The state department of education shall provide raw test score data to LEAs as soon as practicable after receipt of the data, but in no case later than June 30.
3. Teacher effect data shall not be retained for use in evaluations for more than the most recent five
   (5) years. A student must have been present for one hundred fifty (150) days of classroom
   instruction per year or seventy-five (75) days of classroom instruction per semester before that
   student's record is attributable to a specific teacher.
4. Teacher effect data will be distributed electronically via the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment
   System (TVAAS) website maintained by the Tennessee Department of Education.
   (https://tvaas.sas.com/) 

Legal References:

1. T.C.A. § 49-1-606 (a).
2. T.C.A. § 49-1-606 (b).

NOTE: This policy was suspended on May 13, 2020 for the 2019-2020 school year in response to the current state of emergency caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.