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Good morning! It’s Melissa with Chalkbeat Tennessee, here with your Wednesday roundup.
Last week, education officials touted student achievement on state tests, including the highest scores in nearly a decade on the critical third grade reading test.
But are student gains made in third grade being sustained as students progress? Read more here.
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Tennessee reading scores are up, but progress is uneven as students get older
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What We’re Reading
Tennessee increases private-school voucher vendor contract by $356M, Tennessee Lookout
TN families scramble under new disability school voucher rules, The Tennessean (Paywall)
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