TPSD Deputy Superintendent Kim Britton said in May after the first round of retests. That the third graders’ reading-assessment pass rates remained largely steady was an excellent sign.
TUPELO — The final results are out, and third grade students in Tupelo nearly matched the statewide average in reading ability, while third graders in Lee County, Oxford and Lafayette County surpassed ...
Just 0.88% of Tennessee public school third graders were held back this year under the state's controversial reading law, despite 60% of the class falling short of a state reading benchmark this ...
About 121,000 students went that first year, and participation has leveled ... at this point to any single part of the state’s reading interventions. “It’s a combination of the things ...