(Rutherford County, TN) A lot of talk has been focused on 3rd graders passing or failing in Tennessee and one reason why, may surprise you… That was State Representative Robert Stevens of Rutherford County. One of many studies used to better predict the number of future incarcerations in a state focuses on reading skills.
Research shows that a student who is not reading on his or her grade level by the third grade is less likely to graduate high school on-time. When you add that informat ...