Mr. MONTY NEILL (Co-Director, National Center for Fair and Open Testing): While scores have tended to go up on NAEP at grade four--and in math they went up fairly solidly for a while--they've now leveled out.

NPR: Mixed Report Card for U.S. Schools

The average scores were categorized at each grade level into four groups: below basic, basic, proficient, and advanced.

CNN: Report card shows U.S. students need to improve math skills

Figures released by the Education Department showed more pupils achieved a level four or five grade at Key Stage Two, compared to the previous year.

BBC: Alan Brown

Again, I wasn't party to the negotiations, but it's probably no coincidence that the new chief executive of ITV is Michael Grade, who was our chairman here at the BBC until four months ago.

BBC: Losing the FA contract

The state gives extra money to schools that get an A or improve their grade, and children at schools that get two F grades in four years are allowed to transfer to better schools.

ECONOMIST: Conservative education reform