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Tennessee
TNReady scores won’t count for much in Memphis student grades
By Laura Faith Kebede
February 26, 2019
Tennessee
Just months before its next testing company is supposed to start, Tennessee has yet to receive its first bid
By Marta W. Aldrich
Updated January 30, 2019
Tennessee
Tennessee’s next education chief starts in February. Here’s how she’s prepping.
By Marta W. Aldrich
January 23, 2019

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Tennessee
Tennessee’s new ed chief says troubleshooting testing is first priority
By Marta W. Aldrich
Updated January 17, 2019
Tennessee
Testing, vouchers, and pre-K: Tennessee legislature’s new ed leader weighs in
By Marta W. Aldrich
January 16, 2019
Tennessee
From testing to leadership transitions, here are the stories that you read most in 2018
By Jacinthia Jones, Laura Faith Kebede
December 21, 2018
Tennessee
Hundreds of teachers describe TNReady testing confusion, chaos in new report
By Jacinthia Jones
December 19, 2018
Tennessee
Tennessee was ‘overly ambitious’ in pushing online testing, says state’s chief investigator
By Marta W. Aldrich
December 19, 2018
National
How the stress of state testing might make it harder for some students to show what they know
By Matt Barnum
December 13, 2018
Tennessee
Memphis school board softens request to reform state’s troubled TNReady test
By Laura Faith Kebede
December 4, 2018
Tennessee
Memphis school board considers asking lawmakers to drop TNReady testing
By Laura Faith Kebede
November 27, 2018
Tennessee
Dear Bill Lee… ‘Respect our judgment and decisions,’ and other pieces of advice from Tennessee educators
By Caroline Bauman
November 26, 2018
National
Like most superintendents, I cared a lot about test scores. Too much, it turns out.
By Paymon Rouhanifard
November 13, 2018
National
In a shift, more education reformers say they’re worried about schools’ focus on testing
By Matt Barnum
November 13, 2018
Tennessee
Here’s what Tennessee’s next governor says about K-12 education
By Marta W. Aldrich
November 6, 2018