Tennessee Conservative
Letter Grades For Tennessee Schools Have At Long Last Been Released But The News Is Grim For Some Districts With Greater Than 25 Percent Of All Public K-12 Schools Receiving Ds Or Fs.
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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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About 34% Of Metro Nashville Third Graders Still Potentially Have To Deal With Summer School And Remediation After Failing To Pass A Second Attempt On The English Language Arts Portion Of The Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program.
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A Bill To Update Tennessee’s Third-Grade Reading Retention Law Has Been Signed By Gov. Bill Lee. The Bill Will Update The Law With More Exceptions.
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A Tennessee Senate Committee Passed A Change To The State’s Third-Grade Retention Law And It Now Heads To The Full Senate.
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It Is Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) Season In Tennessee Schools, A Season Characterized By Much Stress Amongst Schoolchildren And Educators Alike.
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Tennessee Reported Wider Improvements At The Elementary School Level Than The Middle School Level In Summer Learning Camps Created to Make Up For Learning Loss During The COVID-19 Pandemic.
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Governor Bill Lee And Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn Released The State-Level Results For The Spring 2021 Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP). This Data Showed The Learning Loss Caused By School Closures Due To The COVID-19 Pandemic.
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The Tennessee Department Of Education Announced That Participation In The TN Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) Exceeded Expectations During The 2020-21 School Year. The Annual Assessment Saw A Participation Rate Of 95% Across The State.
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Bills Aimed At Curbing Pandemic-Related Learning Loss And Boosting Literacy Rates Are Advancing Through The Tennessee Legislature At A Rapid Pace, As Lawmakers Continue A Week-Long Special Session On Education.
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