Achievement School District
The Achievement School District (ASD) is a school system in Tennessee providing academic intervention in the lowest performing schools in Tennessee, with the goal of increasing student achievement in those schools.[1] The ASD's assigned task is to move the bottom 5% of schools in Tennessee to the top 25% of schools in the state.[2]
History
Tennessee received funding from the federal government to create the Achievement School District when it won Race to the Top, a United States Department of Education contest created to spur innovation and reforms in state and local district K-12 education.[3] The Achievement School District was created to improve student achievement in Tennessee's Priority Schools—those in the bottom 5% in the state—and in so doing, increasing students' career options and life outcomes.
Leadership
Malika Anderson was named the superintendent of the Achievement School District in November 2015 by the Tennessee Department of Education.She was preceded by Chris Barbic, who served in the role from 2011 to 2015.
ASD Schools
The bottom 5% of Tennessee schools include 83 schools across Memphis, Jackson, Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga.[4] As of August 2016, there are 31 schools serving 12,000 students in the ASD.
| Elementary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | Grades Served | School Operator | Location | Year Opened |
| Aspire Coleman Elementary | PK-6 | Aspire Public Schools | Memphis | 2014 |
| Aspire Hanley Elementary #1 | K-7 | Aspire Public Schools | Memphis | 2013 |
| Aspire Hanley Elementary #2 | PK-5 | Aspire Public Schools | Memphis | 2013 |
| Cornerstone Prep-Denver Campus | K-5 | Capstone Education Group | Memphis | 2015 |
| Cornerstone Prep-Lester Campus | PK-5 | Capstone Education Group | Memphis | 2012 |
| Corning Achievement Elementary School | PK-5 | Achievement Schools | Memphis | 2012 |
| Frayser Achievement Elementary School | PK-5 | Achievement Schools | Memphis | 2012 |
| Georgian Hills Achievement Elementary School | PK-5 | Achievement Schools | Memphis | 2013 |
| KIPP Memphis Academy Elementary | K-2 | KIPP Memphis Collegiate Schools | Memphis | 2013 |
| KIPP Memphis Preparatory Elementary | K-1 | KIPP Memphis Collegiate Schools | Memphis | 2015 |
| Klondike Preparatory Academy | K-5 | Gestalt Community Schools | Memphis | 2013 |
| Libertas School at Brookmeade | PK-2 | Libertas School of Memphis | Memphis | 2015 |
| Memphis Scholars Caldwell-Guthrie | PK-5 | Memphis Scholars | Memphis | 2016 |
| Memphis Scholars Florida-Kansas | K-5 | Memphis Scholars | Memphis | 2015 |
| Promise Academy-Spring Hill | PK-3 | Promise Academy | Memphis | 2013 |
| Whitney Achievement Elementary School | PK-5 | Achievement Schools | Memphis | 2013 |
| MIDDLE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | Grades | School Operator | Location | Year Opened |
| Brick Church College Prep | 5-8 | LEAD Public Schools | Nashville | 2012 |
| Humes Preparatory Academy | 6-8 | Gestalt Community Schools | Memphis | 2012 |
| KIPP Memphis Preparatory Middle | 5-7 | KIPP Memphis Collegiate Schools | Memphis | 2013 |
| KIPP Memphis University Middle | 6-7 | KIPP Memphis Collegiate Schools | Memphis | 2014 |
| Kirby Middle School | 6-8 | Green Dot Public Schools | Memphis | 2016 |
| Lester Prep | 6-8 | Capstone Education Group | Memphis | 2014 |
| Memphis Scholars Raleigh-Egypt | 6-8 | Memphis Scholars | Memphis | 2016 |
| Neely's Bend College Prep | 5-6 | LEAD Public Schools | Nashville | 2015 |
| Westside Achievement Middle School | 6-8 | Achievement Schools | Memphis | 2012 |
| Wooddale Middle School | 6-8 | Green Dot Public Schools | Memphis | 2015 |
| HIGH | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | Grades | School Operator | Location | Year Opened |
| Fairley High School | 9-12 | Green Dot Public Schools | Memphis | 2014 |
| GRAD Academy Memphis | 9-12 | Project Grad USA | Memphis | 2013 |
| Hillcrest High School | 9-12 | Green Dot Public Schools | Memphis | 2016 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. College Preparatory High School | 9-12 | Frayser Community Schools | Memphis | 2014 |
| ALTERNATIVE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | Grades | School Operator | Location | Year Opened |
| Pathways in Education–Memphis in Frayser | 9-12 | Pathways in Education | Memphis | 2014 |
| Pathways in Education–Memphis in Whitehaven | 9-12 | Pathways in Education | Memphis | 2015 |
School Operators
KIPP Memphis Collegiate Schools
Pathways in Education-Tennessee
References
- ↑ "Achievement School District". Tennessee Consortium on Research, Evaluation, and Development. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
- ↑ "Achievement School District". Achievement School District. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ↑ Cardona, Nina (8 June 2010). "Federal Definition Will Affect Achievement School District Numbers". Nashville Public Radio. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
- ↑ "Achievement Advisory Council For Potential Achievement School District Schools" (PDF). Achievement School District. Retrieved 28 March 2013.