Tennessee Conservative
Tennessee’s New Education Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds Is Recommending That The State Keep Its Contract With A New York-Based Literacy Training Group Despite The Contract’s Nepotistic Origins.
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Tennessee Ultimately Retained 898 Statewide Due To Its New Third-Grade Reading Retention Law. Less Than 40% Of Third-Graders Statewide Scored High Enough On The TCAPs To Be Promoted To Fourth Grade While Many Of The Others Used The Various Pathways To Advance Allowed By The State.
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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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Students At Tennessee Had The Equivalent Of 34 More Days Of Learning In Reading Per Year In Public Charter Schools Than At Their Regular Public School, According To A Study From Stanford’s Center For Research On Education Outcomes.
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1) Federal Judge In Memphis Says Law Protecting Minors From Obscenity Is Unconstitutional
2) Group Kicked Out Of Franklin Pride Festival For Praying
3) State Taps Private Law Firm For Former Rep. Scotty Campbell Public Record Challenge
4) Tennessee School Districts Average Less than 25% Proficiency on Third Grade TCAP Retake
5) Gov. Lee Insists His New Gun Control “Framework” Is Better For Tennessee Than Expansion Of Laws Already On The Books
6) New Report Shows Economic Impact Of Child Abuse On Tennessee
7) Metro Nashville Board Denies Coverage Of Gender Reassignment Surgery For City Employees
1) Parties Opposed To Release Of Covenant School Shooting Records To Present Arguments At Upcoming Hearing
2) Tennessee Committee Extends And Increases Pearson Testing Contract By $40 Million
3) Establishment Republicans Weaponize Organization Bylaws In Attempt To Isolate/Punish Grassroots Victors
4) Tennessee One Of The Worst States For Military Retirees, New Report Says
5) Gov. Lee Responds To Call To Cancel Special Session On Gun Legislation
6) Mental Health Of Tennessee Children Getting Worse Say Reports
7) $120M Of Public Funds Could Be Used For Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Rebuild
1) 60% Of Tennessee Third-Graders Fail To Meet Proficiency On TCAP Test
1A) Tennessee Releases School District Specific Data On Third-Grade Proficiency
2) Conservative Lawmakers Urge Governor Lee To Abandon Plans For Special Session To Enact Unconstitutional ‘Red Flag’ Laws
2A) More Tennessee County GOP’s, County Commissions Issue Resolutions Against Red Flag Laws
3) Tennessee Governor Signs Parental Rights Bill Counteracting Mature Minor Doctrine
4) Crime Is Up On Tennessee College Campuses From 2021-2022, But Still Down Significantly From 2019
5) Gov. Lee Allocated $140M To Put An Armed Guard In Every School, But There Aren’t Enough Officers To Go Around
6) Lee Signs Bill Prohibiting Forced Implicit Bias Training For Tennessee Teachers
6A) Governor Lee Protects Teachers’ Rights To Refuse To Use Preferred Pronouns Of Students
7) New Tennessee Law Bans Colleges From Requiring Agreement With ‘Divisive’ Academic Concepts
Amid Uproar Over Third-Grade Reading Scores And The Prospect Of Thousands Of Failing Students, Tennessee Lawmakers Extended The Testing Vendor’s Contract And Bumped Up The Total Payout By Nearly $40 Million.
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Just Days After Notifying School Districts Of Their Third Graders’ Results On The TCAP Reading Test, The Tennessee Department Of Education Has Released A Complete List Of School District Results From Across The State To The Public.
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After Spending The School Year Preparing Their Third-Grade Students For High-Stakes State Testing, School Districts Received Raw Scores For The TCAP Reading Test Late Friday Afternoon. Those Scores Show That 60% Of Third-Graders Across The State Failed To Meet Proficiency Levels Required To Be Promoted To The Fourth Grade.
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