TCAP test: More than 75% of MSCS third graders are behind

By , Daily Memphian Updated: May 24, 2023 9:33 PM CT | Published: May 24, 2023 12:41 PM CT

The district has 8,500 third graders across both district-managed and charter schools. That means that around 6,494 of them did not score proficient on the test.

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Aarron Fleming

Aarron Fleming

Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.

He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.


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