Although The School Bus Driver Shortage Has Become Less Of An Issue For Knox County Schools In Recent Years, The District Is Still Finding Itself In Need Of Drivers For The Upcoming School Year.
While 60% Of This Past Year’s Third Grade Class Failed To Meet The State’s Reading Benchmark This Past Spring, Only 0.88% Were Held Back Due To Tennessee’s Third-Grade Retention Law.
Gov. Bill Lee Signed Legislation Tuesday To Let Each Fourth Grader’s Parents, Teacher, And Principal Decide Collectively Whether A Student Should Be Held Back Due To A Second Straight Year Of Low Reading Scores, Even After A Year Of Tutoring.
Third And Fourth Graders Across Tennessee Are Waiting For TCAP Test Results That Will Determine How They Will Spend Their Summer And The Upcoming School Year.
Parents Of Tennessee Fourth Graders Would Have Input On Whether Their Children Get Held Back Because Of Low Reading Test Scores, Under Compromise Legislation That’s Headed To Gov. Bill Lee’s Desk.
The Ink Is Barely Dry On Revisions To The State’s 3rd-Grade Reading And “Retention” Law, And A Tennessee House Education Chairman Is Considering A Similar Strategy For Fourth-Graders, Including A Plan To Advance If They Continue To Test Poorly.
More Than 86% Of The Appeals Filed Related To Tennessee’s Third-Grade Retention Law Succeeded And The Student Will Advance To Fourth Grade In The First Year Of The New Standards.
1) TDOE Approves Almost All Third-Grade Retention Appeals
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After Nearly Two-Thirds Of Third Graders Across The State Failed To Score Proficient On This Year’s TCAP Reading Test, New Data Released By The Tennessee Department Of Education Shows That Nearly 82% Of Families Who Appealed The State’s Third Grade Retention Law Received Approval.
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