Parent Information

Dear Parent or Guardian,

Each year the Tennessee Department of Education examines schools’ performance across several

 indicators to provide an overall look at how schools are serving the needs of all students.

The department of education included the following indicators in its analysis of school accountability:

•  Student achievement
•  Student growth
• English learner proficiency exam (ELPA)
•  Chronic absenteeism

More information on each of these indicators and the data used to define them can be found in the

2022-2023 Accountability Protocol. Under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the

department is required to use the school accountability results to identify those schools with the

lowest performance across student groups (e.g., individual racial/ethnic student groups, students

with disabilities, economically disadvantaged, and English learners). These schools will receive

additional supports from the department.

We are writing to inform you that Collinwood Middle School is identified for ATSI designation as required by ESSA and the U.S. Department of Education during the 2023-24 school year.

Our school is working hard with the district and the Tennessee Department of Education to increase

student performance.  Some strategies we are implementing are; increasing math interventions, after-school tutoring, adopted new math programming with a specific intervention tool to help students, and taking a more in-depth look at student data to identify any student deficits as early as possible.

We encourage to help by supporting the interventions and programs we are implementing to help us achieve our academic goals at Collinwood Middle School.

Sincerely,

Robert M. Vandiver

Principal