New York ranked 22nd, and was among 37 states that drew an Unsatisfactory grade.
According to Balfanz's research, if a sixth grader in a high poverty school attends school less than 80percentt of the time, fails math or English, or receives an unsatisfactory behavior grade in a core course, there is a 75percentt chance he or she will drop out of high school.
The hotel restaurant mentioned above that was identified as the possible source of a salmonellosis outbreak in August, 2003, had received an unsatisfactory inspection grade one week before the outbreak occurred.
But fewer than 5 percent of the 2,579 contractors evaluated between 2006 and 2008 received a grade of marginal, and fewer than 1 percent were graded unsatisfactory, the lowest mark, according to the report, which was released Tuesday.
Instead of E for excellent, G for good, N for needs improvement and U for unsatisfactory -- the grades that most city elementary schools have used for decades -- the new cards use 1, 2, 3 and 4, with 1 being the lowest grade and 4 the highest.
The public schools are considerably less distinguished and in constant turmoil, regularly being graded "unsatisfactory" in teaching our children.
I received a grade of "Unsatisfactory" in Social Development from the Mansfield Public Schools that year.
The latest health report card for women, issued on Thursday by the National Women's Law Center and Oregon Health and Science University, paints a dismal picture, giving the United States an overall general grade of Unsatisfactory, with many F's on specific goals set by the government's Healthy People 2010 initiative.
Previously, teachers were evaluated by just their principals and graded as "unsatisfactory" or "satisfactory".
