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The Middle School Literacy Divide: How Tennessee Ranks in Reading and Where Gaps Run Deepest

Aug 18
2 min read

While Tennessee has garnered national headlines for aggressive early-childhood literacy laws, a quieter crisis persists in the upper grades. Statewide assessments and national benchmarks show a distinct literacy cliff between early elementary instruction and middle school execution, leaving thousands of 6th through 8th graders reading multiple grade levels behind.

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