The wave of early reading legislation across the country has brought a renewed focus on 3rd grade retention policies ... the state saw positive trends in English/language arts achievement ...

English language arts scores for third graders will be ... a free state-provided tutor for the entirety of fourth grade Additionally, third graders who score at or above the 50th percentile ...

Some of this may have to do with differences between alternative assessments the kids may have taken to pass the Third Grade Reading Guarantee, compared to the English Language Arts portion of the ...

The Tennessee Department of Education released raw test scores on May 19 for the third grade English language arts TCAP section. Students who scored as below or approaching proficiency can retest ...