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Graded school (in the USA)

Spanish translation: distrito de colegios (fiscales), o escuelas públicas / escuela (grados 1-12)


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English term or phrase:Graded school (in the USA)
Spanish translation:distrito de colegios (fiscales), o escuelas públicas / escuela (grados 1-12)
Entered by: Claudia Alvis
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18:34 May 25, 2007
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Education / Pedagogy / Literacy papers (kindergarten)
English term or phrase: Graded school (in the USA)
"New York City Graded School District". He buscado la denominación oficial de "Graded School" pero no he encontrado nada, hasta donde yo sé son las escuelas primarias, pero prefiero estar segura. Gracias.
Claudia Alvis
Peru
Local time: 23:28
distrito de colegios (fiscales), o escuelas públicas
Explanation:
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9037587/graded-school

Graded School

also called grade school an elementary or secondary school in which the instructional program is divided into school years, known as grades or forms. At the end of each academic year, pupils move from one grade to the next higher in a group, with only an occasional outstanding achiever allowed to “skip” a grade, or advance beyond his fellows to a still higher grade. The practice of grading began…




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véase http://www.rrgsd.org/
pues parece que un "Graded School District" incluye secundaria, por lo que hay "high schools" en ese distrito, por ejemplo.
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pero un grade school (a secas) se entiende por lo normal sólo como primaria
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John Hughson (J.D., M.B.A. Finance)
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Thank you very much and again, my apologies to both of you.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2distrito de escuela primariasilviantonia
4distrito de colegios (fiscales), o escuelas públicas
John Hughson (J.D., M.B.A. Finance)


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graded school (in the usa)
distrito de colegios (fiscales), o escuelas públicas


Explanation:
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9037587/graded-school

Graded School

also called grade school an elementary or secondary school in which the instructional program is divided into school years, known as grades or forms. At the end of each academic year, pupils move from one grade to the next higher in a group, with only an occasional outstanding achiever allowed to “skip” a grade, or advance beyond his fellows to a still higher grade. The practice of grading began…




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Note added at 15 mins (2007-05-25 18:50:00 GMT)
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véase http://www.rrgsd.org/
pues parece que un "Graded School District" incluye secundaria, por lo que hay "high schools" en ese distrito, por ejemplo.
**
pero un grade school (a secas) se entiende por lo normal sólo como primaria

John Hughson (J.D., M.B.A. Finance)
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Thank you very much and again, my apologies to both of you.
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
graded school (in the usa)
distrito de escuela primaria


Explanation:
Tiene que ser un error... grade school es una escuela primaria, generalmente del primero al sexto grado, aunque en algunos sitios llega hasta el octavo. Luego le sigue el middle school y luego el high school.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_education

Elementary School buildings are the setting for the first four to eight years of a child's formal education, a period of structured schooling that is compulsory in most countries. In the United States, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), first enacted in 1965 and recently reauthorized by the No Child Left Behind Act, is the principal federal law that affects kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) education. Elementary school usually begins for children aged four to seven (four if the school includes kindergarten, which is a program for children four to six years of age that serves as an introduction to school). Other terms used to describe this initial stage of education are "primary", "grade" and "grammar" school. This Building Type page defines elementary school as grades K-8.
http://www.wbdg.org/design/elementary.php

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Entiendo porque tienes el problema para contestar la pregunta; he visitado los sitios web de varias graded schools y lo que se ve es que son escuelas muy superiores en cuanto a currículo y lo que se les ofrece a los estudiantes... No he encontrado una definición, pero mi traducción sería:

escuela sujeta a evaluación por pares (peer review).

silviantonia
Local time: 22:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 48

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  John Hughson (J.D., M.B.A. Finance): ahora te entiendo... es que se trata de un distrito... por lo que aparentemente se cambia un poco el significado... y claro que estoy de acuerdo contigo, en cuanto a los "graded schools" (a secas) se refiere.. tienes toda la razón! :-)
3 mins
  -> Perdona, John, pero grade school es educación primaria.../No necesariamente es para escuela pública... se puede ir a 'grade school' en escuelas privadas también... es un calificativo para el período comprendido por la actividad de enseñanza.

agree  Gerardo Noriega Rivero: De acuerdo, Silvia. Creo que hay un error y pusieron "graded" por "grade".
30 mins
  -> Gracias, Gerardo, pero aparentemente es otra cosa...

agree  Cecilia Della Croce
22 hrs
  -> Gracias Cecilia
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