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.
The No Child Left Behind law requires that all children regardless of income, race or ethnicity be able to read and do math at grade level or above.
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.
Those with a ninth-grade literacy level or higher were 4 to 5 times as likely to maintain their mental capacity with age.
Further, why are we advancing children to the next level, or grade, on an annual basis, as opposed to when each is ready?
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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.
The exams are "computer adaptive, " meaning questions begin at grade level but get tougher or easier based on how well the student does.
We have a system that administers grade-level assessments and gives no credit to students who start well below grade level and make amazing progress or to those who are able to race ahead.
"It is unlikely that GMAC's ratings could rise to the investment grade level until GM's profile stabilizes or improves, " Moody's said.
In fact, the minimum reading skill level required of new factory workers has risen from the 10th grade reading level to the equivalent of two years of college or more.
Both suitors have indicated some level of commitment to investment grade ratings, although it is unclear whether or not that will be possible given the inherent leverage that results from a high acquisition premium.
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In 1998, the percent of fourth-grade students in the highest-poverty public schools who met or exceeded the NAEP Basic level in reading was about half the national rate, and progress in reading overall is only back to 1998 and 1990 levels.
In states that make it a priority to educate our youngest children, like Georgia or Oklahoma, studies show students grow up more likely to read and do math at grade level, graduate high school, hold a job, and form more stable families of their own.
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