Word: sixths
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...Paul Vallas, as its chief executive, the city has used standardized-test scores to help determine whether students should move to the next grade. In the year before the new approach, less than 2% of students were forced to repeat a grade; last year close to 15% of third-, sixth- and eighth-graders were retained. The city spent $24 million last year on summer programs designed to give kids one last chance to pass the Iowa test before September. It invested $10 million in hiring new teachers to tutor retained students. If test scores are the measure, the stricter policy...
Last year, Harvard finished fifth indoors and sixth outdoors...
...DeNunzio capped off an incredible four years with Harvard, wrestling to a fourth-place finish and becoming only the second Harvard wrestler ever to earn All-American accolades twice. In 1998, DeNunzio placed sixth in the 134-pound weight class to become the first Harvard wrestler in fifteen years to win All-American honors...
...Killar found similar success as he fought to a sixth place finish in his first trip to Nationals. He came out striking fast, easily winning his first two. In the quarterfinals, however, Killar lost, 12-11, to Kirk White of Boise State. Killar battled back with wins against Sean Morgan of Oregon and No. 6 Mark Samples of Edinboro. He lost his next two but already had qualified for All-American status...
...biggest achievements of the team is placing nine out of 10 wrestlers in the top six in the EIWA," Weiss said. "That shows how we have grown in the past five years. My first year here we had wrestlers place sixth in the EIWA. Now we have the whole team placing...