Amendment to third-grade retention law would give students an out to being held back
Rep. Mark White (left) filed an amendment that would provide schools with another way to measure students’ reading proficiency outside of the single, English Language Arts TCAP score currently used under the law. He is pictured talking with Rep. Sam Whitson (R-Franklin) during a Tennessee's General Assembly meeting of the House Public Health Committee in October 2021. (Mark Humphrey/AP Photo)
The amendment would provide students with another way to measure reading proficiency outside of the single, English Language Arts TCAP score currently used under the new law.
Aarron Fleming
Aarron Fleming covers Memphis and Shelby County’s court system and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. He formerly covered education and earned his B.A. in journalism from the University of Memphis.
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