Tennessee's focus on tutoring and summer school is paying off, report Marta W. Aldrich and Kae Petrin on Chalkbeat. Scores are up for the second year in a row across all core subjects and grades.
Reading proficiency rose for third graders, who now have to attend summer school school and/or tutoring to be promoted to fourth grade.
Tennessee's Reading 360 initiative is training teachers in reading science and providing high-quality literacy curriculum, writes Lisa Coons, chief academic officer of the Tennessee education department, in Education Week.