But states decide how much students need to know to show "proficiency."

VOA: special.2010.03.18

It shows an assessment of reading proficiency levels in fourth grade.

这项研究对,四年级同学的阅读熟练程度。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

3% of black school children in fourth grade are left behind proficiency levels.

做了评估，其中，在四年级的黑人孩子里,63%阅读能力较差，58%的西班牙孩子。

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In the 2011 U.S.federal budget, both NASA and the EPA propose to spend more than $146-million on programs to increase student and teacher proficiency in science and technology disciplines.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

I only give, I don't know, about 10% or 20% for getting the right number in a computation. I tell my graders, if the student demonstrates minimal acceptable proficiency that student has to get a passing score.

我只是给，我不知道，10%或者20%的随机概率得到合适的数字,我告诉我的学生们，如果有人想证明,最小可接受的熟练,就是学生们得到一个及格的分数。

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They're of an incredibly impressive technical proficiency and they are absolutely soaked with the references to the classical writers that Milton had been ingesting from his earliest youth.

体现了弥尔顿精湛的写作技术,他总能引经据典,参考之前从那些古代作家,那里学到的东西。

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