Secondary Education

Grading practices are the methods teachers use to turn student work into marks, letters, or scores that show how well

Grade promotion is the process by which a student advances from one grade level to the next at the end

Credit requirements are the minimum number of course credits a student must earn to graduate from high school, and they

Ability Grouping is a common way secondary schools organize students into classes or sets based on their current academic performance.

Academic Tracking is a practice in which schools sort students into separate groups or course sequences based on measured ability,

Course selection is the process by which students choose the classes they will take in a given year, usually from

Elective courses are classes that students choose from a list, rather than being required to take them, and they make

Core academic subjects are the main courses that US schools treat as the foundation of a student’s education, usually English,

An interdisciplinary curriculum is a way of organizing lessons so that students study a theme, problem or question through the

A Subject Based Curriculum is a way of organizing what students learn into separate academic disciplines such as mathematics, biology,