And in practice, the insertion of a new grade will mean that it will devalue grades lower down the scale.

BBC: Top head attacks grade change stress

Pupils who were given a D grade rather than the expected C grade could mean that difference between staying on at school or dropping out and becoming a Neet, said Kenny Fredericks, head of George Green's School in east London.

BBC: Heads tell MPs exam watchdog 'failed' in GCSE grades

We really mean it--every kid on grade level by 2014, and obviously that causes some discomfort, particularly as we come closer and closer to that date.

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In many ways, those things rankle me more now than they did when I first read the book in the third grade (and made a mean shoebox diorama to boot).

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"If I were to intervene at that stage, it would essentially mean I would say the setting of grade boundaries in Wales will be done on a different basis from the setting of grade boundaries in England, " he said.

BBC: GCSEs: Leighton Andrews defends lack of early action

Deep gender disparities mean that fewer than 400 girls make it to the last grade of secondary school, while just 8% of women are literate.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

It has Burr-Brown 2 Channel low-noise Op Amp, ELNA Audio Grade Capacitor and a R-core linear power supply - doesn't mean that much too you?

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