One day, one test: Learning from the Mississippi Miracle
Students arrive while being cheered on at Belle Forest Elementary for the first day of school. A total of 37 states joined the third-grade retention brigade, with a goal of having students reading “proficiently” by the end of third grade. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
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Tennessee joins 36 states with laws that can result in underperforming elementary students being held back, but the results in other states have been mixed.
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