NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The results from the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) show 41% of third graders are reading at or above grade level, which is a 1% increase from 2023.

The release of TCAP reading scores on May 19 set off a fast-moving timeline for thousands of Tennessee third graders to avoid being held back. A state reading and retention law hinges on third grade ...

The Tennessee Department of Education has released third- and fourth-grade scores for the English Language Arts section of the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program tests. And scores for ...

The wave of early reading legislation across the country has brought a renewed focus on 3rd grade retention policies —requirements or recommendations that students who aren’t reading on grade level by ...

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 ...

At some point over the past few pandemic years, many states pressed pause on one particular high-stakes, controversial piece of education policy: 3rd grade retention. But now, it’s back. The laws ...

When officials in the Fort Worth Independent School District present reading assessment scores to the district’s board, they often emphasize the fact that students show signs of growth from the ...

Out of nearly 3,300 third graders in New Orleans public schools last year, only four were required to repeat the grade under a new state reading law. It isn't because the city's students are so ...

Michigan's third graders have struggled to pass the state's annual assessment every spring, with the proportion of students passing the test declining nearly every year since the test's inception. In ...