MEDIA ADVISORY: TN Department of Education to Announce 2009-10 Annual Yearly Progress

WHAT:            The Tennessee Department of Education will be announcing both the schools and school districts that showed academic gains and those that did not show sufficient progress on performance standards under the federal No Child Left Behind guidelines for the 2008-09 school year.

WHEN:           Wednesday, July 22, 2009              10 AM CST

INFO:              Media is invited to participate in a conference call at the above listed time. Please contact Rachel Woods or Amanda Maynord Anderson to reserve a slot on the call. You will receive further information and the conference line number at this time. You will receive a packet of materials via e-mail prior to the conference call on Wednesday.

Access to the department’s web site, www.tn.gov/education, is encouraged.

Rachel Woods                                   Rachel.Woods@tn.gov                615-253-1960

Amanda Maynord Anderson            Amanda.Anderson@tn.gov         615-532-7817

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