A single test and summer school could mean the difference in a full year of schooling.  This month the renewed third-grade retention law goes into effect in Tennessee.

The law which passed back in 2021, will allow schools to hold back third graders who don’t pass the TNReady reading test.  With nearly two-thirds of third graders failing the test statewide, there’s more pressure on parents and educators to prepare students for the next TNReady test this spring.