us school grade ages
In the USA, children start school when they are five or six years old. Depending on the state, schooling is compulsory until the age of 16 or 18. Children younger than five can go to a nursery school or preschool.
At the age of five or six, the children attend elementary school (also known as grade school or grammar school), which last six years. The fist year at elementary school is called kindergarten.
Trying to determine which school grade your child should attend in their new school system is often one of the most challenging aspects of moving into a foreign school system. France, the UK and the US all have their own school grade structures.
Here is a list of school grade equivalents in France vs. the UK and vs. the US for your reference. Please keep in mind though that each child has its own ability and capacity, and a mere school grade equivalent is not always the best deciding factor in where a child will best be suited.
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This information was produced by the staff of the Belin-Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development (B-BC) at the University of Iowa (belinblank.org). The resources and information listed here are for informational purposes; there is no direct or implied endorsement by the B-BC. Services provided by the B-BC include programs for academically talented K-12 and college students, professional development for teachers, the Assessment and Counseling Clinic, the Acceleration Institute (accelerationinstitute.org), and graduate programs and research in gifted education.
References:
http://www.frenchentree.com/living-in-france/education/french-school-grade-equivalents/ ^(https://bannerad-design.com/goto/http://www.frenchentree.com/living-in-france/education/french-school-grade-equivalents/)
http://www.accelerationinstitute.org/Resources/Policy/By_State/Show_Policy.aspx?StateID=51 ^(https://bannerad-design.com/goto/http://www.accelerationinstitute.org/Resources/Policy/By_State/Show_Policy.aspx?StateID=51)
http://www.gov.uk/what-different-qualification-levels-mean ^(https://bannerad-design.com/goto/http://www.gov.uk/what-different-qualification-levels-mean)
