American and British Education

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American and British Education
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The United States of America

• Children start school when they are 6.
• 1-6th grade Elementary school
• 7-9th grade Junior high school
• 10-12th grade Senior high school
• 18-21 years old a university
• Grades are marks
• A 5
• B 5
• C 4 (the lowest grade to stay
  at school)
• D 3
• F 2

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Primary and Secondary Schools

• Classes are also grades from 1st to 12th
• First is grammar or elementary school (1st-8th
  grades). There are also elementary schools
  (1st-6th grade) and junior high school (7th-9th
  grade).
• Subjects Reading, Maths, Languages (English,
  Spanish, German, French), Science, Music, Art and
  Physical Education (P.E.)
• The class has the same teacher. Only for Art,
  Music and P.E. children have special teachers.

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High school

• Subjects English (Grammar and Literature),
  American history, American government, European
  history, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry,
  Biology, Chemistry, Physics, a foreign language
  (Spanish, French, German), Music, Art, P.E.
• a different teacher and a different group of
  students
• five compulsory subjects
• five subjects, P.E., lunch, two hours for library
  or a club

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Higher Education

• more than 3,000 colleges and universities
• good high school record and test scores

Tests

• SAT Scholastic Assessment Test or Scholastic
  Aptitude Test
• ACT American College Testing
• GRE Graduate Record Examination

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Great Britain

• Education is compulsory between ages 5-16
• 3-5 years old Kindergarten
• 1-6th form (5-10 years old) Primary school
• 7-10th form (11-14 years old) Secondary school
• 11-12th form (15-16 years old) High school
• 18-21 years old a university
• Attending school is
• not compulsory
• Most students wear
• a school uniform

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Primary school

• One teacher
• Close to home
• Same group
• Mixed sex

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Secondary school

• Grammar
• Selective (11 exam)
• One sex
• Academical

• Comprehensive
• No ability test
• Mixed sex
• 88 of students

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Examinations

• SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test or Scholastic
  Assessment Test)
• 11 GCSE- General Certificate of Secondary
  Education AS-levels and A2-levels A-levels

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Fee-paying schools

• Public schools (Eton, Harrow, Winchester,)
• Prep schools (preparation for public schools)
• Boarding schools (pupils live and study there)

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Higher education

• 30 of the 18 to 19 year-olds
• Two A-levels
• Mark C or above is required
• Oxbridge universities