Education Level Vocabulary
The ASN Education Level vocabulary is closely aligned to the as yet undeclared NSDL Education Level vocabulary. The NSDL vocabulary is deeply rooted in the U.S. Department of Education's Ed.gov vocabulary.
SKOS Encoding: Note: The preferred terms (bold) in the following thesaurus are the preferred labels in the Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) encoding. | |
| . Pre-K to 12 | |
| NT | Elementary School |
| High School | |
| Middle School | |
| . . Elementary School | |
| BT | Pre-K to Grade 12 |
| NT | Grade 1 |
| Grade 2 | |
| Grade 3 | |
| Grade 4 | |
| Grade 5 | |
| Kindergarten | |
| Pre-Kindergarten | |
| . . . Pre-Kindergarten | |
| SN | Activities and/or experiences that are intended to effect developmental changes in children, from birth to entrance in kindergarten (or grade 1 when kindergarten is not attended) [ERIC] |
| UF | Nursery School |
| Pre-K | |
| BT | Elementary School |
| . . . Kindergarten | |
| SN | A program or class for four-year-old to six-year-old children that serves as an introduction to school. [American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language] |
| BT | Elementary School |
| SRC | ED.gov |
| . . . Grade 1 | |
| UF | First Grade |
| BT | Elementary School |
| . . . Grade 2 | |
| UF | Second Grade |
| BT | Elementary School |
| . . . Grade 3 | |
| UF | Third Grade |
| BT | Elementary School |
| . . . Grade 4 | |
| UF | Fourth Grade |
| BT | Elementary School |
| . . . Grade 5 | |
| UF | Fifth Grade |
| BT | Elementary School |
| . . Middle School | |
| BT | Grades Pre-K to 12 |
| NT | Grade 6 |
| Grade 7 | |
| Grade 8 | |
| . . . Grade 6 | |
| UF | Sixth Grade |
| BT | Middle School |
| . . . Grade 7 | |
| UF | Seventh Grade |
| BT | Middle School |
| . . . Grade 8 | |
| UF | Eighth Grade |
| BT | Middle School |
| . . High School | |
| BT | Grades Pre-K to 12 |
| NT | Grade 10 |
| Grade 11 | |
| Grade 12 | |
| Grade 9 | |
| . . . Grade 9 | |
| UF | Ninth Grade |
| BT | High School |
| . . . Grade 10 | |
| UF | Tenth Grade |
| BT | High School |
| . . . Grade 11 | |
| UF | Eleventh Grade |
| BT | High School |
| . . . Grade 12 | |
| UF | Twelfth Grade |
| BT | High School |
| . Postsecondary | |
| NT | Higher Education |
| . . Higher Education | |
| UF | College |
| BT | Postsecondary |
| NT | Graduate |
| Undergraduate (Lower Division) | |
| Undergraduate (Upper Division) | |
| . . . Undergraduate (Lower Division) | |
| SN | Use also for: Public or private postsecondary institutions providing at least 2, but less than 4, years of academic and/or occupational education [ERIC] Two Year Institution: An institution legally authorized to offer and offering at least a 2-year program of college-level studies which terminates in an associate degree or is principally creditable toward a baccalaureate degree. [Digest of Education Statistics, 1999]; |
| UF | Community College |
| Junior College | |
| Two Year College | |
| BT | Higher Education |
| . . . Undergraduate (Upper Division) | |
| SN | Study in an institution of higher education that precedes the bachelor's or first professional degree [ERIC] |
| UF | Four Year College |
| BT | Higher Education |
| . . . Graduate | |
| SN | Provided in graduate and professional schools that generally require a university diploma as a minimum condition for admission. [ISCED] |
| BT | Higher Education |
