Still, nine of them are "high achieving, " working above grade level in some subjects.
They studied bilingual programs in the Houston Independent School District and found that native-Spanish speakers were at or above grade level in English and Spanish in first grade through fifth grade.
Spain's ratings are just one notch above speculative grade, or "junk" levels at two of the three major ratings firms.
We do math and writing everyday at our house and both children are now working above their grade level with ease.
The debt rating service Fitch this morning cut its stance on Nokia to one notch above junk grade, cautioning that the outlook for the troubled phone giant remains negative as it continues to lose market share.
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At the moment it is limited to those without any GCSEs above a D grade.
The politics involved in achieving any meaningful progress towards a budget surplus are above my pay grade.
Barack Obama had answered that question when he appeared at Rick Warren's church, saying that the question was above his pay grade.
Be knowledgeable within your job description, patient when dealing with a hysterical client, and seek help from co-workers or colleagues when the scenario is above your pay grade.
Everything from BBB and above is considered investment grade, while anything BB and below is considered junk.
But a C grade or above in GCSE English is also a key element on which national league tables are based, increasing pressure on teachers to ensure their students get the best results possible.
The willingness to take a chance on blemished credits pushed below-investment grade securities above par value for the first time since before the financial crisis, up from a nadir of 55 cents on the dollar in December of 2008, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
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Apparently, all of the above were considered military-grade, mission-critical methods of communication 100 years ago.
Overall English GCSE results at grade C and above were down by 1.5 percentage points this year.
They are aimed at seven to 18 year olds who have reached Grade 2 or above on the piano.
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Just over a third got a grade C or above compared with the 74.2% getting the equivalent Intermediate GNVQ.
The No Child Left Behind law requires that all children regardless of income, race or ethnicity be able to read and do math at grade level or above.
The tests are the same for both primary and secondary school teacher trainees, who must also have achieved a grade C or above in GCSE maths and English.
The government has already said it intends to make maths study compulsory to the age of 18 for students who have not achieved a grade C or above at GCSE.
And it has said from September, teenagers will keep studying maths until they are 18 if they have not passed a GCSE in the subject at grade C or above.
According to figures from the Joint Council for General Qualifications - which compiles figures for all exam boards in Wales - 59.7% of all entries passed the exams with grade C or above.
The English Baccalaureate was introduced as a measure of school performance, appearing in league tables, and showing the proportion of pupils achieving GCSEs grade C and above and some AS-levels in specified key subjects.
"The NUT has always argued that the entry requirements for initial teacher education, which include GCSE passes grade C or above in English and maths, should be sufficient and make the additional skills tests superfluous, " said General Secretary Christine Blower.
The weekend will launch with a rare opportunity for string players of grade 4 standard and above to play alongside Benedetti in a performance of the Intermezzo from Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana.
Just 7 percent of fourth-grade and 3 percent of eighth-grade English learners scored "proficient" or above in a nationwide reading exam, and thousands languish for years in ineffective English-as-a-second-language programs.
Grade-schoolers fared only slightly better, with less than a third reading at or above national norms.
Generating yield substantially above 3% in the fixed-income world requires a foray into the lower levels of investment grade credit or junk bonds.
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The university operates four charters for (mostly) poor black children up to ninth grade (14-15), and college-acceptance rates for children going through them have been above 98% in each of the past three years.
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