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3rd Grade Retention
3rd Grade Retention
3rd grade TCAP scores are expected to be returned to the district in late May. Parents will be contacted with their student’s 3rd-grade scores immediately following their release, along with the options for summer school and/or tutoring.
The universal reading screener in November and March are used to make a prediction of whether or not a student is likely to fall into the below or approaching categories on TCAP. There are estimated more than 900 4th graders, from last year's 3rd grade retention efforts, that are failing to approach proficiency.
Following the completion of the required supports this year 2023-2024, the decision on whether or not a student will be retained will be made following the 4th grade TCAP assessment. The law states that a student be retained in 4th grade if they do not make adequate progress on the 4th grade TCAP.
The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) is required in the law to define adequate progress. TDOE has not yet released that information.
Literacy and 3rd Grade Retention Law
Literacy and 3rd Grade Retention Law
The Tennessee General Assembly passed two key pieces of legislation during the 1st Extraordinary Session of 2021—the Tennessee Literacy Success Act and the Tennessee Learning Loss Remediation and Student Acceleration Act—to help ensure Tennessee students could recover from the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and close gaps in students’ learning. As part of this legislation, the General Assembly revised the state’s law regarding the promotion of students from 3rd grade, T.C.A. § 49-6-3115. The statute was also revised during the regular 2021 legislative session. T.C.A. § 49-6-3115, which becomes effective in the 2022-23 school year, ensures students who are determined to need additional supports in reading, receive them before being promoted to 4th grade. The following FAQ’s provide guidance to local education agencies (LEAs) and public charter schools to use as they implement this new law.
Region 5 Schools overall readiness scores reveal the urgency for immediate community action:
Region 5 Schools overall readiness scores reveal the urgency for immediate community action:
School Letter Grades Calculation
School Letter Grades Calculation
The calculation to generate A-F letter grades for schools, presented on November 2 to the State Board of Education, includes four separate indicators—student achievement, student academic growth, growth of the highest need students and college and career readiness measure just for high schools—and will differentiate between elementary and middle schools, and high schools. Schools will receive an indicator score for each of the indicators, ranging from levels 1-5. Each indicator score will be multiplied by a weight based off the grade band to create a total score, which will then be used to determine the school’s letter grade
Four indicators decide a school's grade calculation:
The overall success rate for achievement (50% of every school's grade): This is an indicator of how well all the students in a school know the skills required for their grade level as measured by the TCAP test.
Student academic growth (40% of elementary and middle school grades; 30% of high school grades): This is an indicator of how well all students in a school are improving, compared to their peers across the state. For example, the TDOE said that if your school starts the year with many students behind grade level in reading and is successful in helping them "catch up," that'll increase the school's academic growth score. It's not clear how they determine if a student has "caught up."
Growth in the lowest performing 25% of students in the school (10% of elementary and middle school grades; 10% of high school grades): This is an indicator of the "catch up" of the school's highest need students—those who rank in the school's bottom 25% of students based on TCAP score.
A college and career readiness indicator for high schools (10% of high school grades): This is based on how many graduating students succeded on measures like the ACT, college credit exams or opportunities, industry credentials and military readiness.
Of the 83 schools within Knox County that received letter grades, 52% received grades of A or B.
Resources: https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/letter-grade-school-knoxville-east-tennessee/51-bc1d88da-a39f-44bc-9e58-b641fedd06c5
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