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GRADE SKIPPING [2 records]

Record 1 2011-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education (General)
DEF

The age at which pupils or students would enter a given programme or level of education assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, studied full-time throughout and progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)
DEF

Âge auquel les élèves ou les étudiants doivent entrer à un programme donné ou à un niveau donné d'enseignement, en supposant qu'ils ont commencé à l'âge officiel d'entrée dans le premier niveau d'enseignement, qu'ils ont étudié à plein-temps tout au long de leur cursus et qu'ils ont progressé dans les différents niveaux sans redoubler ou sauter une classe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pedagogía (Generalidades)
DEF

Edad a la que los alumnos o estudiantes deben entrar en un programa o nivel dado de enseñanza, suponiendo que hayan empezado a la edad oficial de entrada en el primer nivel de educación, que hayan estudiado a tiempo completo y que hayan progresado a través de los diversos niveles sin repetir ni saltar grados.

OBS

La edad teórica de admisión en un programa o nivel dado puede variar con respecto a la edad típica o a la edad de admisión más corriente.

OBS

edad teórica de admisión: término y definición extraídos del Manual de Instrucciones para completar los Cuestionarios sobre Estadísticas de Educación - 2003, del Instituto de Estadística de la UNESCO.

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Record 2 1987-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • School and School-Related Administration
DEF

Form of acceleration whereby a student bypasses a grade, e. g. promotion from grade 7 directly into grade 9, skipping grade 8.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire

Spanish

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