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  2. Primary school - Wikipedia

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    A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, [1] Australia, [2] New Zealand, [3] Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore [4]), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary education of children who are 4 to 10 years of age (and in many cases, 11 years of age).

  3. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The overall grade for the class is then typically weighted so that the final grade represents a stated proportion of different types of work. For example, daily homework may be counted as 50% of the final grade, chapter quizzes may count for 20%, the comprehensive final exam may count for 20%, [1] and a major project may count for the remaining ...

  4. List of primary education systems by country - Wikipedia

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    The first three grades of primary school are called Algkool which can be translated as "beginning school" and can be confused with primary school. In some low density population areas Algkool is the only school available and students enter primary school in bigger towns.

  5. Elementary schools in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Elementary schools typically operated grades Kindergarten through 6; the junior high school, often housed in the same building as the senior high school, then covered grades 7 through 9; and the senior high school operated grades 10 through 12. At the same time, grade 9 marked the beginning of high school for the purpose of GPA calculation.

  6. Can you out-spell a grade-schooler?

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    B-I-N-G-O. It's probably one of the first words you learned how to spell -- but what about k-n-a-i-d-e-l? Doesn't have quite the same ring to it. That was the winning word of the Scripps National ...

  7. Grading in education - Wikipedia

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    Grading in education is the application of standardized measurements to evaluate different levels of student achievement in a course. Grades can be expressed as letters (usually A to F), as a range (for example, 1 to 6), percentages, or as numbers out of a possible total (often out of 100).

  8. Primary education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Some private schools, and public schools, are offering pre-kindergarten (also known as pre-K) as part of elementary school. Twelve states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Vermont) as well as the District of Columbia offer some form of universal pre-kindergarten according to the Education Commission of the States (ECS).

  9. A first-grade teacher changed my name so it'd be easier to ...

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    I was called Maria in kindergarten and pre-school based on the caption in our class photos. Then, I started first grade, and my mother labeled all my belongings with my full name. My teacher ...