Coaching network looks to boost student reading scores

September 27, 2016 at 1:00 a.m. | Updated September 26, 2016 at 11:46 p.m.

by The Tennessean

Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 9/20/16. Candice McQueen, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Education, speaks during the Education Mini-Summit 2016 at the Volkswagen Conference Center on September 20, where Tennessee legislators from Hamilton County and local education officials discuss the county's public school system. The district is producing lower-than-expected test results and have Teacher's rated least effective by state measures.
Staff Photo by Dan Henry / The Chattanooga Times Free Press- 9/20/16. Candice McQueen, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Education, speaks during the Education Mini-Summit 2016 at the Volkswagen Conference Center on September 20, where Tennessee legislators from Hamilton County and local education officials discuss the county's public school system. The district is producing lower-than-expected test results and have Teacher's rated least effective by state measures.

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To get more students reading on grade level, the Tennessee Department of Education has partnered with about 90 districts to build a network that coaches teachers how best to teach literacy skills.

The Read to be Ready coaching network, part of a $9 million investment last year to improve student reading scores, will train, re-train and seek to support more than 200 reading coaches on how to aid teachers in literacy efforts.

The year-long training sessions kicked off Monday in Knoxville. Coaches at the sessions will take the lessons back to their school districts.

Read more at our news partner's website, tennessean.com.

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