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“We’ve got a lot of work to do in our high schools,” SCS Superintendent Dorsey Hopson said. “The average student is not graduating college ready.”

Shelby County Schools students scored mixed results on TNReady standardized tests this year, while several municipal school districts in Shelby County suburbs posted some of the state’s highest scores, according to data released Thursday.

This spring’s shutdown of online TNReady tests was caused by software problems and not a deliberate attack by hackers as previously thought, the Tennessee Department of Education said Tuesday.

After three years of problems with state testing, teachers speak out about concerns, especially testing times.

For teachers, Tennessee lawmakers tell us this year’s scores should not negatively affect teacher’s either, only if it will help them.

Tennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen says school districts can decide whether student assessment scores will be included in student grades as long as the scores don’t lower final grades.

A main fiber cable between Tennessee and Georgia was cut Thursday morning, according to a tweet from the state.

Tennessee lawmakers have cleared a bill they believe will hold teachers harmless in the state’s recent school testing snafus

The test has cost students and teachers time and taxpayers millions of dollars.

Jackson is charged with burglary and theft.

Check out all the Live at 9 interviews from Thursday, April 19, 2018.