TCAP reading scores will set off a fast-moving timeline for Tennessee third graders to avoid being held back.

As Tennessee third graders sit for annual tests this week, lawmakers approved changes to the state’s retention law that could require as many as two-thirds of Tennessee third graders to attend ...

RIDGETOP, Tenn. (WTVF) — Third grade students could be back in the classroom sooner than expected as thousands of Tennessee families navigate the controversial Third Grade Retention Law. Because of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The widespread effects of the Tennessee reading and retention law will be felt again this year for thousands of public school ...

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — At just eight years old, Harper Burnett decided to turn her tears over Tennessee’s newly enacted third grade retention law into action. “I’m sad and mad, and I don’t feel ...

As states pass laws requiring schools to follow the “science of reading,” one aspect of these policies has stirred up particular controversy: Holding back struggling readers who don’t reach ...

The widespread effects of a statewide third-grade reading and retention law are quickly unfolding after parents received the results of the standardized Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program test ...

The widespread effects of the Tennessee reading and retention law will be felt again this year for thousands of public school third and fourth graders and their families. The Tennessee Department of ...