A comparison between two things that are similar in some way, often used to help explain something or make it easier to understand

Advance placement, college courses taken in high school

One bound by legal agreement to work for another for a specific amount of time in return for instruction in a trade, art, or business

A test developed and maintained by the United States Department of Defense

The action or fact of achieving a goal toward which one has worked

Provides students with a context for studying traditional academics and learning skills specific to a career and provide U.S. schools with a structure for organizing or restructuring curriculum offerings and focusing class make-up by a common theme such as interest

An official document that gives proof and details of something such as personal status, educational achievements, ownership, or authenticity

Easy to understand

The action or capability of understanding something

Using as few words as possible to give the necessary information, or compressed in order to be brief

Able to persuade somebody to believe that something is true

A school program that allows students to receive academic credit for career work in the student's field of interest done outside the school

A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things

Non-profit, national organization with state and local chapters that exist to develop leadership skills and good citizenship among members; each organization is composed of vocational students interested in a specific occupational area

Involves students being enrolled in two separate, academically related institutions. Generally, it refers to high school students taking college courses

Fall outside the realm of the normal curriculum of school or university education, performed by students. Such activities are generally voluntary, mandatory, non-paying, social, philanthropic as scholastic, and often involve others of the same age

Highly institutionalized, bureaucratic, curriculum driven, and formally recognized with grades, diplomas, or certificates

International baccalaureate, offering internationally recognized courses

Organized learning outside of the formal education system; tend to be short-term, voluntary, and have few, if any, prerequisites

A type of work experience for entry-level job seekers

Concerning or involving relationships between people

Clear enough to read (of handwriting or print)

Education after high school

To read the text and mark corrections to be made

Appointed by the Secretary of Labor to determine the skills our young people need succeed in the world of work

An official document showing the educational work of a student in a school or college

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