[Data-modeling] Changes to the schema for primary and secondary schools
Jonathan W. Lowe
jlowe at giswebsite.com
Wed Sep 17 05:28:18 UTC 2008
+1
On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 23:38 -0400, Tom Morris wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Benjamin Goldenberg
> <benjamin at metaweb.com> wrote:
>
> > I think that the Grade Level type should also have a "usual age" time range
> > property. For instance, sixth grade students are usually 11 to 12 years old.
> > Obviously there are exceptions but sixth grade curricula are designed for 11
> > to 12 year olds.
>
> It's also important to not take a U.S.-centric approach. For example,
> where does "sixth form" (U.K.) collate with "sixth grade" (U.S.)?
>
> Expected age range is a good way to sidestep this problem.
>
> Tom
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