school placement

Student location decision

School placement is the process or outcome of assigning a student to a particular school, classroom, or educational program.

The term often appears in contexts involving special education, where placement determines what services a child receives: The committee met to discuss her school placement.

It also refers to assigning students to schools based on residence, lottery, or academic track: We're hoping for placement at the magnet school.

Related

special needs · learning disability · IEP · mainstream · gifted · tracking · district · admissions · lottery · waitlist · zoning · catchment area · magnet · charter · kindergarten · grade · grade level · homeroom

Categories
Opposites
educational assignment status

school placementexpulsion

Forced permanent removal

unenrollment · unplaced · suspension · dropout · truancy

educational decision-making autonomy

school placementschool choice

Selecting among educational institutions

parental choice · self-selection · student choice · open enrollment

institutional versus non-institutional education

school placementhomeschooling

Family-directed academic instruction

unschooling · home education · deschooling · self-directed learning · informal education

Family

school, placement, schools, schooled, schooling, schoolmaster, schoolhouse, schoolroom, scholar

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G