His party is contesting a fifth of the races in the state House of Representatives and an eighth of the races in the state Senate, as well as a couple of congressional races.
The eighth-seeded Kansas State Wildcats beat the ninth-seeded Southern Miss Golden Eagles 70-64, knocking them out of the tournament.
That year, the teen pregnancy rate in rural Grant County, where Ulysses is located, jumped from eighth highest in the state to second.
Some 95% of Blind Brook eighth-graders met or exceeded state math test standards, compared with 61% statewide.
Even most of the lowliest jobs in most state offices require an eighth-grade education, which many people lack.
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Also in 2012, about 84% of its eighth-graders met or exceeded state standards for English Language Arts tests, compared with 50% statewide.
But they also drive the fourth-fewest miles nationally, the main reason the state ranks as the eighth-most affordable in terms of the percentage of residents' incomes that go toward gas.
Rhode Island, for example, in 2009 passed regulations requiring that all health insurance policies in the state, beginning in 2010, be written at an eighth-grade level, which is the average reading level for state residents.
As a sign of just how mixed-up things are, directly across the street is another kindergarten-through-eighth grade school that is run by the state.
Recall, however, that the Okies poor as they may have been provided a gigantic pool of labor that fueled California's postwar boom and helped transform the Golden State into the world's eighth-largest economy.
"I think we should begin by having every state test every fourth grader in reading and every eighth grader in math by the year 1999, " Clinton said.
It set up a regimen of state reading and math tests for students in third through eighth grades, intended to identify failing schools.
The New York City Council on Wednesday passed a resolution urging the state to halt unpaid field tests for third- through eighth-graders scheduled to begin next month.
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California, for the eighth year in a row, has just been voted the worst state in which to do business, with New York (also strongly Democratic) a close second, thanks to high taxes and excessive regulation.
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Louisville forced the eighth-seeded Rams into a season-high 20 turnovers and outrebounded Colorado State 29-24 no small thing considering the Rams came in with a nation-best plus-12 margin.
M. (eighth), and Huntsville, Ala. (ninth), while not state capitals, are home to major national science laboratories that also attract a deep pool of local technology talent.
As a Kiwanis advisor to the Grambling State University Circle K Club, I guide the college students in tutoring and mentoring children in third through eighth grade.
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