21.   Black and Hispanic students score nearly two grade levels behind their white peers in standardized tests, just as they did in the early days of the integration drive.

22.   - Offer classes to better prepare students for standardized tests and a Saturday school for students not at their appropriate grade levels in reading or math.

23.   A look at the growing interest in Internet-administered diagnostic tests, in various subjects and at various grade levels, that might be made available to parents.

24.   A reading coach works with teachers to sharpen their classroom instruction skills and teachers of each grade level hold regular planning meetings.

25.   A vocabulary list by grade level has also been established.

26.   Academically, he tests anywhere from the fourth grade to the first year of college but averages close to grade level in most subjects.

27.   According to the U.S. Department of Education, three out of every four fourth-graders read below their grade level.

28.   After two years, the enriched classes had doubled the percentage of pupils performing at grade level in math, to more than three-quarters of the class.

29.   Bush also touted new school standards her husband signed into law last month that are designed to ensure every child reads at their grade level by the third grade.

30.   But among the students who suffer are those already at grade level in math or language arts.