Education Systems

National curriculum models are the different ways countries design a single, country-wide plan for what students should learn at each

Curriculum authority structures are the arrangements that decide who has the power to set what students learn, from national ministries

Promotion and retention policies are the rules schools use to decide whether a student moves up to the next grade

Grading scale systems are the frameworks schools and colleges use to turn student performance into a recorded mark, whether a

Credit hour frameworks are the systems schools and colleges use to measure academic work in standard units, so a course

Term and semester systems are the ways schools and colleges divide the academic year into blocks of instruction, each with

An academic year calendar sets the official start and end dates of the school year, along with holidays, breaks, teacher

Age grade placement is the practice of assigning students to a grade level mainly by their age, usually measured against

School attendance requirements are the day-to-day rules that define when a student counts as present, which absences are acceptable, and

Compulsory education laws are the legal rules that require children within a certain age range to receive an education, whether