Talk:School grades (US)

Could do with making into a proper table, validating by someone who's been through the system etc. I suggest it does NOT need lots of detail in here, which should be at linked pages explaining more about the school ages etc - it's just meant to act as a quick reference for foreigners and an index to other articles, eg High school Nevilley 18:32 Feb 28, 2003 (UTC)

When I saw the title of this article, I thought it meant "A+", "A", "A-", "B+", "B", "B-", etc. The title is ambiguous. Is there any page explaining to non-British readers what "A-levels" and "O-levels" are, and to non-Italians what a "laurea" is, etc.? 131.183.73.23 19:24 Feb 28, 2003 (UTC)


 * Thank you for your points.
 * OK sorry about the ambig title, can you suggest a better one please? It needs to be very obvious as to what its function is, and preferably short and easy to remember and type in. And see below re naming conventions!
 * I am not aware of articles that explain about A-levels etc but if they do not exist I think we could do with them. For a start, I was thinking about one which gives the current UK system of school years, since people find that difficult to remember also. The reason that I put the page up in the first place was that I was fed up with people using (e.g.) "fourth grade" as a reference point for age, outlook etc, and assuming that the whole readership would know what it meant. They don't! :) Nevilley 11:47 Mar 1, 2003 (UTC)

I noticed this article is called "School grades (US)" - shouldn't the (US) be "(United States)" or something like that, to be consistent with Wikipedia's naming conventions?


 * thank you for this response.
 * erm possibly, I don't know. I was trying to avoid too long a name. Can you please refer me to what convention(s) I should have followed so I can think about this? And see above re ambiguity, need to be concise etc. Thanks Nevilley 11:47 Mar 1, 2003 (UTC)

I posted some additional historical information, as well as information about College level grades. Somebody please post information about the British and other systems. -- DesertSteve 15:36 14 Jun 2003 (UTC)

need to mention the term "K-12" and link to Primary education
 * Done. -- DesertSteve 16:22 14 Jun 2003 (UTC)

Aren't most intermediate/Middle schools now for 6-8th grades? I think the list should be updated as such...agree? ilyanep 23:18 17 Jun 2003 (UTC)

If sophomeore applies to both school and college and is 4 years apart, how do you know which is being talked about? Is it purely context or is there a subtle clue to be found? -- SGBaley 2003-06-21
 * Usually it's context. If the difference must be stated, we say "high school sophomore", "college sophomore, "sophomore in high schoool," or, "sophomore in college." -- DesertSteve 00:31 22 Jun 2003 (UTC)