Great site, first of all. I just checked out your Performance grader and I am happy that I didn't get grades like that in school. Probably would have repeated the first grade several times over. My questions, is how do I go about getting a passed grade with the Performance grader? I understand the validation is one thing, but what about the others. How, do I optimize my site performance? Is there a tutorial that I can use to resolve the problems?

Well, if you mouse over the little icon by each grade, it'll show you what the criteria was to come to that grade...

Thanks, I understand that you provide a tool tip, but how do I resolve something like Total Request or Total Size?
I bought these templates and want to speed up my site and it seems that the majority of my error is coming from the template. Any ideas

Well, to reduce size, edit the images and optimize them (google image optimization, there is stuff EVERYWHERE). To reduce the number of requests will require re-templating (or re-doing the existing template)...