ASN Education Level Vocabulary
From JES & Co. Standards
The ASN education level vocabulary for the U.S. is deeply rooted in the U.S. Department of Education's Ed.gov vocabulary.
SKOS Encoding: http://purl.org/ASN/scheme/ASNEducationLevel/
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 | |
| . Higher Education | |
| UF | College |
| 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 schools that generally require a university diploma as a minimum condition for admission. [ISCED] |
| BT
Higher Education | |
| . Life-Long Learning | |
| . Vocational Training | |
| . Professional Education & Further Development | |
