Tennessee Conservative
State Leaders Continue To Pat Themselves On The Back For A Job Well Done Despite Data That Shows That Tennessee’s 8th Graders Scored Even Worse In English Language Arts (ELA) Than 3rd Grade Students Who Began Their Education Journey During Covid-19.
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More Than Half Of Tennessee Third Graders At Risk Of Being Held Back Because Of Their Reading Test Scores Took Another Test Last Week To Try To Advance To Fourth Grade Without Summer School Or Tutoring.
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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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Legislation That Would Allow For Additional Exemptions To Tennessee’s Third-Grade Retention Law Is Now Headed To Governor Lee For Additional Action.
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• Tennessee DCS Given One More Year To Get Their Act Together After Audit Finds Children In State Custody Sexually Abused Or Harassed
• Tennessee Right To Life Revokes Endorsement Of Senator Richard Briggs
• Vanderbilt Survey Says TN Republican Voters Prefer DeSantis Over Trump And Support Weakening Of Abortion Law
• Tennessee GOP Chairman Reelected Despite Call For More Conservative Leadership
• Pork Report Says $1 Million Plus A Year Of Tax Dollars Spent To Fund Lobbying Efforts
• TDOE Report Shows State ACT Scores Remain Stagnant
• Tennessee Tech Professors First Amendment Case Against University Dismissed
ACT State Results And Participation Rates For The 2022 Graduating Class Were Released By The Tennessee Department Of Education On Tuesday. The Results Showed That Participation Grew But The State’s Average Act Score Remained Stagnant.
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According To Data Compiled By Niche, An Education Research Platform, Maryville City Schools In Maryville, Tennessee, Ranks As The Best School District In The State.
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1) Tennessee Governor, Lawmakers Celebrate “Improved” Test Scores – Almost Two Thirds Of Students Below Grade Level
2) T-Mobile Promises To Pay Travel And Lodging Expenses Of Tennessee Employees Getting Abortions Out Of State
3) Federal Judge Rules To Keep Tennessee Judicial Conference Meetings Closed
4) Tennessee Republican Representative Resigns To Become Lobbyist
5) Tennessee Supreme Court Overrules Lower court, Boots Starbuck From Ballot
6) Tennessee Supreme Court Denies Nashville’s Request To Reconsider School Voucher Program
7) Lawmakers Create Bureaucracy To Oversee Immigrant Child Care
As Governor Bill Lee, The Tennessee Department Of Education (TDOE) And Republican Lawmakers Pat Themselves On The Back For A Job Well Done, Results From The 2021-2022 TCAP Assessments Show That Almost Two Thirds Of Students Are Below Grade Level In Almost Every Category For Which The State Conducts Testing.
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