It seems to equate academic grades and connections with the path to financial superiority in this nation.

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Zatopkova put his ability to train and compete so ferociously down to his upbringing, taking up an apprenticeship at 14 after failing to make the academic grades to continue his studies.

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There is some evidence that parents of children at grade 6, 7 and 8 who are doing poorly on academic grades lose the financial support of parents and drop out of school.

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They find a a positive effect on test scores, compulsary school grades, choosing an academic high-school track, high-school grades, probability of attending college, and average education by age 24.

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One example is grade inflation, the tendency for comparable academic performance to be awarded higher grades over time.

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Since sometime during season one he has rated each episode using academic-style A-F letter grades not only on its plot, but on the quality of its medicine.

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Students who participate in the program for two years are eligible to apply for academic scholarships that are not based on grades, though there is a minimum GPA requirement.

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This kind of financial aid is called academic merit aid, and few colleges offer it based just on grades and test scores alone.

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Jacob (2003) found that moving due to the demolition of public housing buildings had no impact on the academic achievement of younger children on a variety of outcome measures, including test scores, grades and retention.

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