Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20110503:15

children learn in their own way. instead of grades, they're using levels. deb feyrick has today's "don't fail me." >> have a good day. see you. >> reporter: just outside denver, colorado, something interesting is happening in at hodgkin's elementary school. >> working on measuring using a string. >> reporter: kids discovering a different way of learning. >> it's an x-ray. >> reporter: victor and delsar are 11. ask them what grade they're in, you won't get a traditional answer. >> level 7. >> reporter: you are? >> six. >> reporter: what about reading. >> level 7. >> reporter: you are? >> seven. >> reporter: at hodgkin's there are no grade levels. there are no grades period. kids are based on what they know, not how old. >> we're talking about facts from a nonfiction book. >> reporter: the literacy class made up of kids ages 8 to 10 with four different reading levels. >> it's so individualized we're filling in gabs so they can move

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