The Challenge:
Tennessee’s Best for All initiative aimed to align classroom instruction, professional development, and state standards into one cohesive system. However, teachers and families faced a fragmented landscape, especially during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the need for accessible, high-quality instructional resources became urgent. The state needed a solution that could unify standards-based content, support educators at scale, and adapt quickly to changing instructional demands.
What We Did:
TEG’s partnership with the Tennessee Department of Education and nonprofit SCORE led to the development of a unified digital ecosystem that supports instructional alignment, professional learning, and teacher credentialing at scale. Over time, the collaboration evolved to meet multiple statewide needs:
- Developed a custom Standards & Materials Navigator to give educators access to curriculum, assessments, and PD resources aligned with Tennessee’s academic standards.
- Enabled both standard-based and grade-level sequence views, providing flexible entry points for educators across subjects and grade levels.
- Rapidly scaled the platform to support the At-Home Learning portal during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Integrated TEG’s award-winning ReadyLXP platform to launch TeachAll, Tennessee’s competency-based micro-credential system for educators.
- Further expanded ReadyLXP to support a statewide Teacher Portfolio program, enabling professional licensure through rigorous, evidence-backed performance submissions.
The Result:
The partnership delivered a comprehensive, standards-aligned digital ecosystem that supports more than 65,000 teachers and over 1 million students across Tennessee. Best for All Central quickly became a central hub for instructional continuity during the pandemic, while TeachAll and the Teacher Portfolio system extended the platform’s reach into high-impact professional learning and certification.
As one official from the Department of Education noted,
“The Navigator gives teachers and district administrators a one‑stop shop for TDOE guidance — making a clear connection between standards and real classroom practice.”
Together, these tools continue to strengthen teaching and learning across Tennessee—ensuring that educators are not only supported in what they teach, but also how they grow professionally.