TCAP testing begins Monday. For Tennessee third graders and their families, the standardized test comes with a lot of pressure.
Nashville schools share data on students’ reading progress. An education equity group wants more.
One Nashville parent group is calling attention to what they’re calling a “hidden” literacy crisis among children in the city.
Tennessee third and fourth graders hit all-time highs on English Language Arts TCAP. Still, less than half are proficient.
The Tennessee Department of Education released statewide data on the English Language Arts section of TCAP Thursday. A student’s proficiency determines whether they automatically move on to the next grade.
Changes to Tennessee’s fourth grade retention law create a time crunch for schools and families
Tennessee fourth graders will have a new way to move onto fifth grade if they performed poorly on the language arts section of last year’s state test.
School vouchers will dominate this legislative session. What other education proposals are lawmakers pursuing?
Tennessee lawmakers are returning to the capitol after a week-long closure due to snow and frigid temperatures. As the session gets underway, education issues will be a top priority. Especially Gov. Bill Lee’s universal school voucher proposal.
Senators criticize rollout of third grade retention in first meeting with new Tennessee education commissioner
In her first appearance before the Senate education committee, Tennessee’s Education Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds received sharp criticism for the rollout of the state’s third grade retention law, which threatened to hold back kids who didn’t pass the English Language Arts section of their TCAP test.
2023 was a tumultuous year for education in Tennessee. Here’s a look back at the year’s biggest stories.
As 2023 comes to close, WPLN is taking a moment to remember some of the biggest stories of the year. In education, big policy changes usually take the number one spot. Unfortunately, this was not a typical year.
More than 12,000 Tennessee fourth graders are in required tutoring this year. They’ll need to improve their test scores to go to fifth grade.
Students will need to show “adequate growth” when they take their spring TCAP exams. The state board of education is still finalizing what that means and heard a proposal during its meeting last week.
TCAP: a deep dive into the history of the test that threatens to hold back so many Tennessee third graders
As Tennessee families prepare to send their kids back to school, some are bracing for their second first day of third grade. To better understand Tennessee’s high stakes test, it’s important to know the history.
For one slice of Tennessee third graders, appeals to the state are helping them advance to fourth grade
More than 85% of the Tennessee third graders who challenged being held back under the state’s retention law have been given the approval to move on to the fourth grade.
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