{"id":237,"date":"2012-06-30T00:10:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T00:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.websitefix.net\/clients\/Generic\/?page_id=237"},"modified":"2019-05-31T19:40:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T19:40:06","slug":"public-education-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Chattanooga3\/?page_id=237","title":{"rendered":"Public Education System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ACADEMICS  \/ PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>  Tennessee State<br \/>\nDepartment of Education<br \/>\n<\/strong>710  James Robertson Parkway<br \/>\nNashville 615-741-2966<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.tn.us\/education\">https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/education.html<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nRegistration Requirements<br \/>\n<\/strong>Students registering for kindergarten must be five years of age by October  5 of the enrollment year. Documents needed for registration include the child\u2019s  official birth certificate and Social Security card, and the Tennessee Child  Health Record Form with the immunization and physical exam sections completed  and signed. New residents must verify their address in the form of a lease,  mortgage, or utility bill in a custodial parent\u2019s name. Transcripts from the  previous school will also be helpful.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nTennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP)<br \/>\n<\/strong>State-mandated assessment programs provide a measuring tool for evaluating  strengths and weaknesses of the current curriculum as well as a tool for  planning improvements in classroom instruction. TCAP covers an elementary-level  writing test, achievement test, competency test; and the high school subject  matter tests.&nbsp; Specific tests are  designated as \u201cgateway tests,\u201d which means that a passing grade is required for  graduation. For answers to questions or more information, contact:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Office of Evaluation &amp; Assessment<br \/>\n<\/strong>Nashville 615-532-3027<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/education\/assessment.html\">https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/education\/assessment.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACADEMICS \/ PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM Tennessee State Department of Education 710 James Robertson Parkway Nashville 615-741-2966 https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/education.html Registration Requirements Students registering for kindergarten must be five years of age by October 5 of the enrollment year. Documents needed for registration include the child\u2019s official birth certificate and Social Security card, and the Tennessee Child Health [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Chattanooga3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Chattanooga3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Chattanooga3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Chattanooga3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Chattanooga3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Chattanooga3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":554,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Chattanooga3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions\/554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/Chattanooga3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}