Baccalaureate Education System Trust (BEST)
   Information about the state's program that gives families the opportunity to prepay their children's college tuition.
   http://www.treasury.state.tn.us/best/

Charter School Resource Center of Tennessee
   Supports charter school legislation in the state. Includes information on the charter school concept, current proposals, and what you can do.
   http://www.tncharters.org/

Department of Education Evaluation and Assessment Division
   Information about state public schools' testing programs and the TCAP, Gateway, and Foundations exams. Includes some sample tests.
   http://www.state.tn.us/education/tsintro.htm

State Board of Education
   Governing and policy making body for the Tennessee system of public elementary and secondary education. Includes master plans, policies, regulations, teacher certification requirements, and related topics.
   http://www.state.tn.us/sbe/

Support and Training for Exceptional Parents (STEP)
   Statewide family-to-family program providing free information, advocacy training, and support services to parents of children eligible to receive special education services.
   http://www.tnstep.org/

Tech Prep Tennessee
   About initiatives that offer students technical education in a sequence that begins in high school and advances to post-secondary schools.
   http://www.techpreptn.org/

Tennesseans for Nonviolent School Disipline
   Member organization seeking to have corporal punishment removed from public schools. Articles about the adverse effects of paddling, list of school systems that do not allow corporal punishment, and other information.
   http://www.geocities.com/forkidsake/

Tennessee Art Education Association
   Organization information, upcoming events, professional development opportunities, and links.
   http://www.geocities.com/Paris/5049/

Tennessee Arts Academy
   Information about intensive week-long training sessions offered in the summer in Nashville for K-12 arts teachers, supervisors and principals from across Tennessee. Topics include theatre, visual arts, music, and administration.
   http://www.tennesseeartsacademy.org

Tennessee Association for the Education of Young Children
   Provides training sessions and other resources for child care professionals and promotes public policies to promote child welfare and quality programs for the state's young children.
   http://taeyc.00family.com/

Tennessee Association for the Gifted
   Nonprofit support group advocating for appropriate educational opportunities for gifted, creative, and talented youth in the state. Includes organization information, conference plans, information about giftedness, and links to related sites.
   http://www.tag-tenn.org/

Tennessee Association of Pupil Transportation
   Aims to improve the economy, efficiency, and safety of school bus operations and other pupil transportation. Information about training programs and conferences, plus links to related resources.
   http://www.tn-tapt.com/

Tennessee Curriculum and Instruction
   Statewide curriculum standards for public schools (K-12).
   http://www.state.tn.us/education/ci/

Tennessee Destination Imagination
   State unit of nationwide creativity and problem solving program for youth. Lists officers and events schedule.
   http://www.taidi.org

Tennessee Education Statistics and Reports
   "report card" on various measures of school performance (from state Dept. of Education)
   http://www.state.tn.us/education/mstat.htm

Tennessee Educational Technology Association
   About this organization fostering exchange of ideas, techniques, materials, and procedures for use in educational technology.
   http://www.acorns.k12.tn.us/organizations/teta/teta.htm

Tennessee Gifted Network
   Resources for parents of gifted and talented children in Tennessee. Topics include giftedness, parenting, education, testing, counseling, and legal issues.
   http://giftedtn.org/

Tennessee Initiative for Gifted Education Reform (TIGER)
   Nonprofit established to inform the public about the exceptional needs of high-ability children and advocate for appropriate education of all children. News, issue statements, reports, and organization information.
   http://www.tigernetwork.org

Tennessee School Boards Association
   News and information about the organization, programs to train and assist local board members, current legislative issues, and related topics.
   http://www.tsba.net/

Tennessee School Counselor Association
   Information, news, and resources related to school counseling in Tennessee.
   http://www.tnschoolcounselor.org/

Tennessee School WebSites
   State-maintained lists of links for public and private schools and school districts.
   http://www.k-12.state.tn.us/weblinks/SchoolURLs.htm

Tennessee Schools Performance
   Data on TCAP (Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program) achievement test results for all state public schools. (From Nashville Tennessean)
   http://www.tennessean.com/schools/

Tennessee Science Bowl
   A fast-paced academic competition that offers a chance for teams of high school students to match their wits in math and science. Regional/state winners advance to the National Science Bowl in Washington, D.C.
   http://www.orau.gov/orise/sciencebowl/default.htm

Tennessee Technology Coordinators
   A list of contacts responsible for classroom technology in each of the Tennessee county and city school systems.
   http://www.state.tn.us/education/tclst.htm

The Tennessee Board of Regents
   Governing body for several state universities, public two-year colleges, Tennessee Technology Centers. Site includes links to Board of Regents schools.
   http://www.tbr.state.tn.us/