Tennessee Conservative
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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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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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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Tennessee Lawmakers Passed A Third-Grade Retention Law That Said Third Graders Who Score Just Below Reading Proficiency Must Show “Adequate Growth” On A Test Given At The End Of Summer Learning Camps In Order To Advance To Fourth Grade. But The Statute Didn’t Define “Adequate Growth,” And Policymakers Have Debated Ever Since What That Ambiguity Means.
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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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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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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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At Least 18 Different Bills Have Been Proposed In An Attempt To Consider Concerns Regarding The New Retention Law That Could Potentially Have Thousands Of Students Facing Summer School In Order To Keep From Repeating The Third Grade.
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