81 percent of Third-Grade Retention appeals approved

The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) says it has approved the appeals of more than 81 percent of students who.

Read More

Hamilton County students improve on TCAP retake but few test proficient

The vast majority of Hamilton County third-graders who took the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) retake are still not clear.

Read More

Retests whittle down number of MSCS 3rd graders facing retention over reading scores

About 1 in 5 Memphis Shelby-County Schools third graders who took a state retest in reading last month succeeded in.

Read More

For Memphis 3rd graders, threat of retention has hovered since kindergarten

With only a few days left in third grade, LaQuencher Sanders’ 8-year-old daughter, Kamryn, just wanted to be done with.

Read More

Nashville third-graders improve in TCAP retake but some still need work to advance to the fourth-grade

Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) reported a welcome increase in scores from last week’s retake of the English language arts.

Read More

Parents of Memphis third-graders should learn the results of the TCAP retest today

Administrators with Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) say parents should learn today if their third-graders need to attend summer school and/or.

Read More

Over 25,000 Tennessee 3rd graders retook reading test this week to try to meet new promotion policy

More than half of Tennessee third graders at risk of being held back because of their reading test scores took.

Read More

District level data shows challenges for third-grade students in rural counties and West Tennessee

The Tennessee Department of Education says four of five third-grade students in the Jackson-Madison County School System (JMCSS) failed to.

Read More

Republicans and Democrats have vastly different reactions to newly released third-grade test scores

Monday’s announcement that more than half of Tennessee’s third-graders failed to meet testing standards to advance to the fourth-grade is.

Read More

More than half of Tennessee third-graders failed to meet testing standard to advance

The Tennessee Department of Education says 60% of third graders scored “below” or “approaching” proficiency on the English language arts.

Read More