"One old friend told me he had a huge crush on me in kindergarten, and it tore him apart when we weren't put in the same class in first grade, " she said.

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Examiners will struggle too, to produce a single test that measures the same level of ability in children of different ages. (In music tests all candidates for a given grade play the same pieces: in an English test, quite different reading texts and writing topics would suit an eight-year-old than an 11-year-old.) The changes might even have the perverse effect of making children sit more tests.

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Likewise, the neighboring 559 units of Golden Lane Estate built in 1963 by the same architects, also Grade II though less costly, are eagerly snapped up by mid century design purists.

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Investors in American investment-grade bonds get the same yield as they would for junk in Japan.

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Or, on a school grading system, a "D" --- the same grade as in 2007.

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GPS-grade positioning are available in the same handset will it be possible to realise the true potential of location-based services.

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This has led to a spike in demand, which has actually shifted toward higher-grade fuel, while at the same time cramping investment.

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Is not a teacher who can bring students from housing projects up to grade level in her subject more desirable than one in whose classes the same students are failing?

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"I had a tremendous advantage, " said new Jets general manager John Idzik, the son of the former NFL assistant of the same name who took his son to training camps before he was in grade school.

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