KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Education released the 2022-2023 TCAP district-level results on Tuesday.
The results include both Fall 2022 end-of-course exams and Spring 2023 exams.
The district-level results are broken down by four main subject areas: English Language Arts, Math, Social Studies and Science. TDOE said the state generally saw improvement across the board in most districts in 2023 compared to last year's TCAP assessments.
Generally, most districts across the state continued to struggle with math proficiency scores. Specifically, high school math proficiency continued to lag behind other subjects and accounted for the highest percentage of students below expectations.
Statewide, 54% of high school students were below expectations in math testing, but this was an improvement from 2022 when 56% of students were not meeting expectations. Only 23% of Tennessee high school students scored proficiently in math in 2023.
Statewide
- Overall ELA: 38.1% of students in Tennessee met or exceeded ELA expectations in 2023, up from 36.4% in 2022.
- Overall Math: 33.8% of students in Tennessee met or exceeded math expectations in 2023, up from 30.5% in 2022.
- For high school math, 23% of students met or exceeded expectations in 2023, up from 22% in 2022.
- Overall Science: 43.1% of students in Tennessee met or exceeded science expectations in 2023, up from 39.6% in 2022.
- Overall Social Studies: 43.1% of students in Tennessee met or exceeded social studies expectations in 2023, up from 42.6% in 2022.
Knox County
- Overall ELA: 41.2% of students in Knox County met or exceeded ELA expectations in 2023, up from 39.5% in 2022.
- Overall Math: 33.9% of students in Knox County met or exceeded math expectations in 2023, up from 30.3% in 2022.
- For high school math, 23% of students met or exceeded expectations in 2023, up from 21% in 2022.
- Overall Science: 46.5% of students in Knox County met or exceeded science expectations in 2023, up from 44.3% in 2022.
- Overall Social Studies: 49.5% of students in Knox County met or exceeded social studies expectations in 2023, up from 48.6% in 2022.
Anderson County
- Overall ELA: 34.8% of students in Anderson County met or exceeded ELA expectations in 2023, up from 31.1% in 2022.
- Overall Math: 32.1% of students in Anderson County met or exceeded math expectations in 2023, up from 28.1% in 2022.
- For high school math, 27% of students met or exceeded expectations in 2023, up from 26% in 2022.
- Overall Science: 41.7% of students in Anderson County met or exceeded science expectations in 2023, up from 37.3% in 2022.
- Overall Social Studies: 44.6% of students in Anderson County met or exceeded social studies expectations in 2023, up from 42.4% in 2022.
Blount County
- Overall ELA: 40.5% of students in Blount County met or exceeded ELA expectations in 2023, up from 37.9% in 2022.
- Overall Math: 35.5% of students in Blount County met or exceeded math expectations in 2023, up from 32.2% in 2022.
- For high school math, 26% of students met or exceeded expectations in 2023, up from 25% in 2022.
- Overall Science: 46.5% of students in Blount County met or exceeded science expectations in 2023, up from 42.1% in 2022.
- Overall Social Studies: 43.7% of students in Blount County met or exceeded social studies expectations in 2023, up from 42.7% in 2022.
Sevier County
- Overall ELA: 34.7% of students in Sevier County met or exceeded ELA expectations in 2023, up from 32.7% in 2022.
- Overall Math: 32.2% of students in Sevier County met or exceeded math expectations in 2023, up from 28% in 2022.
- For high school math, 26% of students met or exceeded expectations in 2023, up from 22% in 2022.
- Overall Science: 37.8% of students in Sevier County met or exceeded science expectations in 2023, up from 34.9% in 2022.
- Overall Social Studies: 34.4% of students in Sevier County met or exceeded social studies expectations in 2023, down from 35.1% in 2022.
You can check each district's 2023 assessment results here.