Effort to end TCAP testing in voucher program fails in Senate, for now

Apr 22

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After lackluster test results for the Education Savings Accounts program, Republicans proposed to stop requiring participants to take the TCAP, like every public school student does.

Read the full article in The Tennessean.

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