Tennessee Code Title 49. Education § 49-6-6018

(a) There is established the assessment review board for the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program, to annually review, under the direction of the department of education, the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests administered to students in the most recent school year.  The assessment review board must have full and complete access to the performance, results, and scores of students on the assessments under its review, as well as full and complete access to any assessment item for which sixty-five percent (65%) or more of the students who were administered the assessment scored incorrectly to identify any general themes, patterns, or areas of concern that may require teachers and schools to revise or expand instructional practices to achieve student success.

(b) The assessment review board consists of nine (9) public school teachers selected and appointed as follows:

(c) The commissioner of education shall convene the first meeting of the assessment review board, and shall convene no less than three (3) meetings of the assessment review board each year.  Representatives from the department of education and the state board of education with knowledge of, and experience in, the development and administration of the TCAP tests annually administered to students in all grades and subjects, and with knowledge of how student proficiency in the state academic standards tested on each annual TCAP test is determined, shall attend each meeting.

(d) Members of the assessment review board serve on the board until the member vacates the member's position on the board or until the member is notified, in writing, by the respective appointing authority that another public school teacher is being appointed to serve on the assessment review board in the member's stead.

(e) The assessment review board is administratively attached to the department.

(f) Members of the assessment review board serve without compensation and are not entitled to receive reimbursement for travel expenses.

(g) The department of education may require each member of the assessment review board to execute a nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement before the member has access to TCAP test items or any information pertaining to the performance, results, or scores of students on any of the TCAP tests that may be reviewed.  If a member refuses to execute a nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement required by the department, then the member vacates the member's position on the assessment review board, and the respective appointing authority shall appoint another public school teacher who meets the required criteria to serve on the assessment review board.