"That means teaching reading, writing and math at the eighth-grade level."

He is now enjoying the fifth grade, his mother says, and reading at eighth-grade level.

I would guess that the college tests given in New York approach an eighth-grade level.

To qualify, applicants must be able to read at an eighth-grade level.

The competency test in writing was designed for students who read at eighth-grade level and required that they write a business letter.

I have heard many stories about college athletes graduating without the ability to read at an eighth-grade level.

In general, they have to be on an eighth-grade level to qualify.

In 1989, more than half the 124 students tested were reading at or below the eighth-grade level.

But the study found that at the eighth-grade level, science and some math books were more focused than the international average.

Another 35 million are semi-illiterate, lacking skills beyond the eighth-grade level.