2020-2021 TCAP Participation Rate
After two unusual years in education, educators and families have the critical goal of measuring each student’s learning. Participation rates help show how well a school or district did in achieving that goal. The participation rates across student groups can help with interpreting the Achievement and Growth data from the 2020-2021 school year.
There are two ways to look at TCAP Participation rates: Hold Harmless Participation and Valid Score Rate. Hold Harmless Participation has been used in Tennessee for many years and was used for measuring participation to be held harmless provisions of PC 2 (further details for this participation can be found here and here). Valid Score Rate measures the percent of students who ultimately received proficiency scores for each exam (details on this can be found here). For most student groups, these two rates will be the same. But if these rates are different, they help in interpreting the student performance and student growth data. For downloadable data, click here.
These participation rates include all TCAP exams for grades 3 through 12. More details on which tests are used can be found here.
Hold Harmless Participation
Hold Harmless Participation is the percent of students recorded as at least attending each expected test.
Valid Score Rate
Valid Score Rate represents the percent of students who finished enough of each test to receive a valid score and measure their learning.