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

Advanced 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

Provide students with a context for studying traditional academics and learning the skills specific to a career, and provide U.S. schools with a structure for organizing or restructuring curriculum offerings and focusing class makeup 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

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 or to act

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

Vocational student organization;

nonprofit, 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.