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Third & Fourth Grade Promotion

Based on Tennessee law, T.C.A. 49-6-3115, passed in 2021, third-grade students who do not have a score of proficiency on the English Language Arts (ELA) section of the Tennessee Comprehensive Program (TCAP) may have requirements related to summer school and/or tutoring to be promoted to fourth grade. That means current RCS third-grade students who score Below Expectations or Approaching Expectations on TCAP this school year may be required to participate in summer school and/or tutoring to move to the next grade. Students that are promoted to fourth-grade as part of the required tutoring pathway will be required to show adequate growth on the ELA section of the fourth grade TCAP before being promoted to fifth grade. 

Tennessee's Pathways to Promotion for 3rd & 4th GradersThird Grade & Fourth Grade Promotion Timeline

Rutherford County Schools Timeline

January 8

Third Grade Family Notification of Winter Universal Screener scores

March 4 - April 12

Summer Camp Student Registration

April 15 - 30

TCAP Testing Window

May 6 -15

Spring Universal Screener Window for ELA and Math

May 20

Third Grade ELA TCAP Scores Released 

May 23-31

Third Grade ELA TCAP Retakes (at each school)

May 28-June 28

Third Grade Appeals Window

June 3-June 28

RCS Summer Camp

June 17-28

Summer Camp Posttest Window

By July 1

Fourth Grade Adequate Growth Data Released

*Final retention notification for families will be given prior to the beginning of the next school year.

 


 

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