1.   Among the mandates on the chopping block is one that requires schools to teach Spanish at all grade levels.

2.   Efficacy holds that intelligence is learned, not innate, and that with motivation and hard work, any child can perform above grade level.

3.   In those communities where home construction continues to boom, enrollment will probably grow at all grade levels for mny years, sociologists say.

4.   Most travel operators offering bike rides, walks, raft trips, tent safaris and similar opportunities grade their levels.

5.   Schools that allowed minority students to slip behind were given lower ratings than schools that kept minority students working up to grade level.

6.   Some schools had such small third- and fourth-grade classes or fifth and sixth grades that they combined grade levels under one teacher.

7.   The old program also penalized schools that succeeded in bringing students up to grade level.