More than half of Tennessee third graders fall short on state test
A state comptroller report from April said that had the law been in effect last school year, 64% of the state’s third graders would have been eligible for retention. (Getty Images file)
Memphis-Shelby County Schools began releasing state-mandated test scores to students and families Monday, in a year when the district estimates that 41% of third graders would be at risk for retention.
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Aarron Fleming covers public safety for The Daily Memphian, focusing on crime and the local court system. He earned his bachelor’s in journalism and strategic media from the University of Memphis.
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