1. But what schools teach in a certain subject or at a particular grade level still varies widely among states and counties. 2. Even the most undistinguished daily papers are now written at an estimated tenth grade level. 3. Forty percent of all recruits who enter the armed forces every year read at eighth grade level or below. 4. Lousy test scores, the promotion of students who are already performing below grade level, dropouts and pregnant girls. 5. Teacher after teacher recounted similar experiences at all grade levels. 6. The fifth one scarcely reads at sixth grade level. 7. Among his goals were that children should read at grade level by the third grade and move out of bilingual education faster. 8. An opportunity to achieve at about an eighth grade level was deemed sufficient, and that is already being provided, the justices ruled. 9. And Bush proposed that students who fail after three tries to pass the standardized skills test for their grade level not be promoted. 10. And in some cases, its advocates say, it has helped floundering students move to grade level quite quickly. |