Eight-year-olds in Tennessee take a state assessment that determines their summer plans: regular summer time off from school or intensive summer camp to earn their promotion to fourth grade.
The new law has been a huge source of concern for families and schools as administrators expected a flood of students to be required by law to repeat third grade.
The Tennessee Legislature offered some clarity and relief, but that doesn’t help the kids in school right now. As test scores come in soon, here’s what families need to need to know about the new law and how students’ promotion is handled.
