As announced by Gov. Bill Haslam today, SCORE, the organization founded by former U.S. Sen. Bill Frist, and headed by former state Sen. Jamie Woodson, has been asked to conduct a formal assessment of the teacher evaluation process that was put into place as part of an education reform package that landed Tennessee a prize package of federal dollars in 2010.

An accompanying legislative resolution is sponsored by Rep. John Forgety (R-Athens) and Sen. Jim Tracy (R-Shelbyville).

Here are video snippets of Wednesday’s announcement:

Here is the press release provided by the governor’s office.

Updated 27-Feb-2012 to correct a spelling error.