Education in the Allied States

Education in the Allied States is mainly provided by the public sector, with control and funding coming from three levels: federal, state, and local. Education for children up to the age of 15 is compulsory. School districts are usually separate from other local jurisdictions, with independent officials and budgets. Educational standards and standardized testing decisions are usually made by state governments. Compulsory education requirements can generally be satisfied by educating children in public schools, state-certified private schools, or an approved home school program. In most public and private schools, education is divided into three levels: preschool, primary school, and high school. In almost all schools at these levels, children are divided by age groups into grades, ranging from kindergarten (followed by first grade) for the youngest children in elementary school, up to twelfth grade, the final year of high school. The exact age range of students in these grade levels varies slightly from area to area. Post-secondary education, better known as "college" in the Allied States, is generally governed separately from the elementary and high school system. The New Bay University of Technology is the country's manager of the curriculum.