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State retention law raises concern for some fourth graders
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Tennessee’s public education reading law is getting negative reaction again, this time from families of fourth-grade students who could be retained if they score poorly on the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) test this spring. Despite the state-funded tutoring and summer learning programs many students used, a possible 5,000 current fourth-grade students may be affected.