There are 17 article(s) tagged TCAP scores:

• June 2024

  • State testing results: See how your Memphis-area school scored

    Using Tennessee Department of Education data, The Daily Memphian created a searchable table of Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) exam scores.

    By Laura Testino June 25, 2024

  • TCAP scores show mixed results for MSCS

    Math and English language arts proficiency varies by race, and MSCS’ scores continue to fall below statewide data. 

    By Laura Testino June 25, 2024

• April 2024

  • Tennessee 4th graders await test scores — and outcome of debate on policies that could hold back thousands

    Carly Fair, who has children in Tennessee public schools, was a lobbyist at the state Capitol for families like hers who have a fourth-grade child at risk of being held back under a 2021 reading law.

    By Marta W. Aldrich April 25, 2024

• February 2024

  • Tennessee’s reading law gets pushback again as thousands of students could repeat fourth grade

    The 2021 law that vexed third-grade families last year offers fewer promotion pathways this year.

    By Marta W. Aldrich February 17, 2024

• July 2023

  • MSCS test scores show English improved, but math lags

    TCAP results for Memphis-Shelby County School students show increased proficiency in 10 out of 11 subjects, including English Language Arts.

    By Alicia Davidson July 18, 2023

• June 2023

  • MSCS third graders boost scores on TCAP retake

    The Tennessee Department of Education released district-level TCAP retake data Wednesday, showing improvement in ELA proficiency among Memphis-Shelby County Schools third graders.

    By Alicia Davidson June 07, 2023

• May 2023

  • Letter to the Editor: The ‘dismal’ TCAP scores, but hope for a new local academy

    “Tennessee Career Academy will replace the idea of failure with hope and promise for a child’s future. I’m proud and relieved knowing Memphis and this new program will be there for my granddaughter in a few years.”

    By Letters to the Editor May 31, 2023

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

    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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    Germantown has Tennessee’s highest third grade language arts proficiency

    By Aarron Fleming May 24, 2023

• October 2022

  • MSCS declines in reading, math scores among largest in nation

    Memphis-Shelby County Schools students showed some of the largest drops of any tested districts nationwide in reading and math scores compared to pre-pandemic scores of 2019. 

    By Aarron Fleming October 25, 2022

• September 2022

  • Dunn begins term on Arlington school board

    Jonathan Dunn began his term on the Arlington Community Schools Board of Education as the body addressed third-grade retention based on TCAP scores.

    By Michael Waddell September 28, 2022

  • Two suburban districts given exemplary status as state names reward schools

    Collierville and Lakeland were the only districts in Shelby County designated reward schools by the Tennessee Department of Education. The honor is reserved for schools in the top 5% for performance, growth or both.

    By Abigail Warren September 12, 2022

• August 2022

  • MSCS gets highest distinction in statewide assessment

    Memphis-Shelby County Schools has been named a Level 5 district under the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System, a tool that helps measure student academic growth over time.

    By Aarron Fleming August 15, 2022

• July 2022

  • MSCS students making progress but TCAP scores are still low, data shows

    Just over 20% of third- through eighth-grade students in Memphis-Shelby County Schools are meeting grade-level expectations in English Language Arts. 

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    Suburban districts see varied TCAP scores

    By Aarron Fleming July 06, 2022

• June 2022

  • Latest state TCAP scores suggest students returning to pre-pandemic levels

    “I am cautiously optimistic about what we have seen so far,” said Memphis-Shelby County Schools superintendent Joris Ray. 

    By Aarron Fleming, Abigail Warren June 15, 2022

• August 2021

  • Some suburban districts show highest proficiency rates in Tennessee

    Five of the Shelby County suburban districts saw some of the top achievements in results for TCAP, the state-mandated testing.

    By Abigail Warren August 13, 2021

  • Latest TCAP results show significant learning loss

    The Tennessee Department of Education released statewide testing numbers Monday, the first batch of data since schools closed in the spring of 2020. 

    By Daja E. Henry August 03, 2021

• February 2021

  • ACS plans for Friday vaccinations, joins chorus against state education changes

    Despite Tuesday’s news the Shelby County Health Department will no longer distribute COVID-19 vaccines, Arlington Community Schools doesn’t anticipate any problems for area school employees scheduled to receive their shots on Friday at the suburb’s high school.

    By Michael Waddell February 25, 2021