They studied bilingual programs in the Houston Independent School District and found that native-Spanish speakers were at or above grade level in English and Spanish in first grade through fifth grade.

NPR: Instruction Of Students Learning English Bleak

Too many students don't speak English, can't read or write at grade level, and yet, it's the overcrowding that has complicated matters.

NPR: Big Urban Schools Grapple with Multiple Problems

And if we lose the necessity of our narrow three A-level prescribed university route, will there be need for GCSEs or even English Baccalaureate Certificates - personally I cannot see one and we all know that some of us are questioning the validity of them anyway.

BBC: Gates Foundation funds online university open access

Obtaining a C-grade in GCSE English is a crucial benchmark required for pupils wanting to continue their studies at A-level or further education college.

BBC: GCSE English: How is it marked?

Historians quibble about whether the modern level was invented by Mechisedech Thevenot , royal librarian to King Louis XIV of France, or by legendary English natural scientist Robert Hooke .

FORBES: No. 18 The Level