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Tennessee Grade 3 ELA: what your child's TNReady score means

On Tennessee's TNReady, Grade 3 English Language Arts (ELA) is reported on a scale from 200 to 400, and each score falls into one of 4 performance levels. Reaching On Track (at 359 or above) is the state's grade-level, on-track benchmark.

Score ranges by performance level

LevelScore rangeWhat it means
Below200–321The lowest level, well below grade-level expectations
Approaching322–358Approaching grade-level expectations
On Track359–390Meeting grade-level expectations (the state proficiency line)
Mastered391–400The highest level, above grade-level expectations

How Tennessee students scored (2025)

23%35%27%14%

Statewide in 2025, about 41% of Grade 3 students reached On Track or Mastered in ELA. The bar above shows the share at each level (left = lowest).

Is a particular score good?

A score's meaning depends on where it lands in the ranges above, and on how it compares to other students. Our free tool turns a score into an estimated percentile versus the child's school, district and the whole state, so you can see exactly where a score stands, not just its level.

Look up your child's exact percentile →

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State Test Scores is an independent tool, not affiliated with or endorsed by any state education department or agency. Percentiles are statistical estimates from public performance-level data (Tennessee Department of Education (TNReady/TCAP)), not official rankings.
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