and that emails had been sent to all directors of schools. The state education department confirmed that data was out to all schools by around 4 p.m. MNPS spokesperson Sean Braisted said the district received the scores around 3:30 p.m. Jarrett got an email from Metro Nashville Public Schools saying scores would not be available Friday but that parents should expect to see them Monday. 'At this point, it’s laughable.'Īround 4:15 p.m. 'It’s that rollercoaster of emotions going through the waiting process,' she said as the clock ticked past 4 p.m. Jessica Jarrett, whose 9-year-old son may face retention, said she spent the day anxiously refreshing her email. The afternoon delivery of the scores compounded an already-anxious wait for parents and students. The lack of publicly available data and frantic timeline for districts to communicate with parents make it difficult to pin down the number of families affected. Rather, it sent them directly the districts to then process and relay to families. Retests begin as soon as Monday in some districts.Īccording to a spokesperson, the state education department did not publicly release the raw scores since they contain protected, student-level data. Students who scored as below or approaching proficiency will need to retest to up their scores, or opt into summer school, tutoring or both, depending on the results. The raw scores for the English language arts portion of the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program, also known as TNReady, for third graders, were released late Friday afternoon, well after school let out for many. Thousands of parents of third graders across Tennessee are still awaiting test results that will set off off a fast-moving timeline to determine if their children will be held back or not.

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