Families with third graders in Hamilton County Schools may want to hold off making summer vacation plans — or at least wait until spring assessments are over.
To be promoted to fourth grade, third graders who do not score proficiently on the English language arts portion of the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program test will be required to take summer literacy tutoring in June.
And district officials predict that will include about 30% — or more — of third grade students.
The announcement came Saturday morning during the Board of Education’s annual two-day retreat. The measure is to comply with the state’s third grade retention law, which requires school districts to hold back students who aren’t meeting grade-level literacy expectations.
According to the law, students can avoid being held back if they receive additional tutoring.