catch-up classes
Extra academic sessions
Catch-up classes are extra lessons designed to help students who have fallen behind reach the level of their peers.
Schools offer them after absences, learning gaps, or when students transfer from different curricula: She enrolled in catch-up classes after missing a month of school.
The term implies remediation rather than enrichment—closing a deficit rather than advancing beyond grade level.
- remedialIntended to fix problems
- tutoringIndividual academic guidance
- one-on-one tutoringIndividual teaching arrangement
- extraAdditional, beyond necessary
- extra helpAdditional assistance provided
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College-prep high school courses
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