MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Fewer than 24% of Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) third-grade students were proficient on the TCAP English Language Arts test, according to data the school district released ...

Statewide scores for the 2023 Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program were released Thursday as heightened scrutiny around third graders continues due to a new reading and retention law. The law, ...

The widespread effects of a statewide third-grade reading and retention law will be felt again this year standardized Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program tests get underway. This year, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The results from the spring 2023 Tennessee Comprehensive Academic Program (TCAP) tests have been top of mind for parents, students, teachers and the state for about a week ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio students who were held back from fourth grade due to a state law requiring struggling readers to repeat third grade performed better on English language arts in fourth through ...

Murfreesboro school officials oppose the third-grade law Parents may have to alter summer plans State lawmaker defends law's goal to improve literacy Murfreesboro and Rutherford County third-graders ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — After two years of lockdown, reopenings, and educational investment, Florida’s third graders only averaged a 53% pass rate in 2022 for state reading exams from the Florida ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Roughly 10% of third graders at Grand Rapids Public Schools were eligible to be held back for another year because of low reading assessment scores last year, district data shows.