Members of the Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope say that investment earlier in a student’s academic journey could help prevent low test results.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Community members canvassed the Westwood neighborhood on Saturday, informing Memphians about the TCAP exam and pushing to get more parents involved ahead of the upcoming school year.
Members of the Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope (MICAH) said more investment locally from city council and others earlier in a student’s academic journey could help prevent some of the low-test results.
“If we can make it tangible and make it real — show them the path to power, then people are going care a lot more and be a lot more invested,” MICAH Memphis organizer Ron Davis said.
Local organizers are mobilizing to educate parents on steps they can take to ensure their third graders do better on the TCAP.
According to the Tennessee Department of Education only 8 percent of Memphis-Shelby …