Tennessee reading law’s retention policies should start as early as kindergarten, state board says
Tennessee’s 2021 reading intervention and retention law targets students in third and fourth grades, but the state’s top education policy board wants the policy focus to shift to younger grades. (Allison Shelley / The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages)
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In a rare action, the state Board of Education passed a resolution questioning whether the 2021 law targets the right age group.
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Marta W. Aldrich
Marta W. Aldrich is the senior statehouse correspondent at Chalkbeat Tennessee. A newswoman for The Associated Press for most of her career, Marta has covered state government, politics, business, education and other Tennessee news. She has served as news editor of United Methodist News Service and features editor of American Profile magazine. Marta is a graduate of Memphis City Schools and the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
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