41.   Each grade level adopted a continent, from which each class selected a country.

42.   Every district except one, for example, did better than Pappas fifth-graders on reading, scoring at or above grade level.

43.   For example, only a third of New York City third-graders read at or above grade level, compared with half elsewhere in the state.

44.   For many at or above grade level, I fear it is leveling them off, numbing their palates.

45.   For some already at grade level it makes no difference.

46.   For students at grade level or beyond, exempt them from the criterion-based test for the rest of the year.

47.   For the past two years, Eric Tyler has been reading at his proper grade level.

48.   Forty-four percent of all grade levels tested boosted math scores at faster rates than their statewide averages.

49.   Fourth-graders approach state averages on standardized tests, but by the seventh-grade just a third can read or do math at their grade level.

50.   Fourth-graders approach state averages on standardized tests, but by the seventh grade just a third can read or do math at their grade level.