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Understanding Foreign Transcripts & Appropriate Placement of ELLs
Education in Dominican Republic
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Dominican Republic Organizational Phase Age DR
Grade/Year
U.S. Grade
Equivalent
U.S.
Organizational
Equivalent
Educación
Pre-primaria
4 Pre-K
(Obligatorio) 5 Kindergarten Primary
Educación
Básica
(Compulsory
Education)
Primer Ciclo
de la Educación Básica
6 1o 1st
7 2o 2nd
8 3o 3rd Intermediate
9 4o 4th
Segundo Ciclo
de la Educación Básica
10 5o 5th
11 6o 6th Middle
12 7o 7th
13 8o 8th
14
Educación
Media
Primer Ciclo
(Tronco Común)
15 9o 9th Secondary
16 10o 10th Segundo
Ciclo
General (Académico)
Técnico-Profesional
Artes
17 11o 11th
18 12o 12th
Educación
Superior
19 and up Post-Secondary/
Higher Education
Dominican Republic Grading System
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Dominican Republic Suggested U.S.
Equivalent
Excelente 90-100% A
Muy Bueno 80-89% B
Bueno 70-79% C
Deficiente 60-69% D
Insuficiente 0-59% F
Education in El Salvador Organizational Phase Age El Salvador
Grade/Year
El Salvador
Phase
U.S. Grade
Equivalent
U.S. Equivalent
Organizationally
Educación Parvularia
4 Pre-Kinder Pre-K
5 Kinder Kindergarten Primary
6 Preparatoria 1st
Educación Básica
(Compulsory
Education)
7 1o Ciclo 1 2nd
8 2o 3rd Intermediate
9 3o 4th
10 4o Ciclo 2 5th
11 5o 6th Middle
12 6o 7th
13 7o Ciclo 3 8th
14 8o 9th Secondary
15 9o 10th
Educación Media
16 10o Bachillerato 11th
17 11o 12th
18 12o (optional) 13th n/a
Educación Superior 19 13o – 15o
Post Grado Técnico
Educación Superior
Universitario
Post-Secondary/
Higher Education
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El Salvador Grading System
Grade Scale Grade Description U.S. Grade
Equivalent Notes
E /MB 9.00 - 10.00 Excelente (Excellent) or
Muy Bien (Very Good) A
B 7.00 - 8.99 Bien (Good) B
A/S 6.00 - 6.99 Aprobado (Pass) or
Suficiente (Sufficient) C
Lowest passing
grade
0 – 5.9 Suspenso (Fail) or
No Acreditada (Not Passing)
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Education in Guatemala Organizational
Phase
Age Guatemala
Grade/Year
Guatemala
Phase/Cycle
U.S. Grade
Equivalent
U.S. Organizational
Equivalent
Educación
Pre-primaria
4 1 Pre-K
5 2 Kindergarten Primary
6 3 1st
Educación
Básica
(Compulsory
Education)
7 1o Ciclo 1 2nd
8 2o 3rd Intermediate
9 3o 4th
10 4o Ciclo 2 5th
11 5o 6th Middle
12 6o 7th
13 1o Media Básico regular
Or Media Básico pre-
vocacional
8th
14 2o 9th Secondary
15 3o 10th
Educación
Media
16 4o Ciclo Diversificado 11th
17 5o 12th
18 6o (optional)
19 7o(optional)
19 and
above
Educación Superior
Universitario
Post-Secondary/
Higher Education
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Guatemala Grading System
Scale Grade Description U.S.
Grade
Notes
90-100 Excelente (Excellent) A
80-89 Muy Bueno (Very Good) A-
70-79 Bueno (Good) B
60-69 Aceptable (Acceptable) B- Private Schools: 61 is minimum passing grade.
51-59 Minimo aceptable (Barely
Acceptable) C
Public schools: 51 is minimum passing grade.
0-50 Reprobado (Fail) F
http://www.nafsa.org/_/File/_/ges/Guatemala.pdf
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Education in Haiti
Reform System Haiti Reform System
Organizational Phase
Age Haiti
Grade/Year
US Grade
Equivalent
US Organizational
Equivalent
Fon
dam
en
tale
Pre-scolaire 3 - 5 Pré-scol Pre-K
Kindergarten
Pre-School
Early Primary
Premiere Année Fondamentale 6 1e AF 1st Primary
Seconde Année Fondamentale 7 2e AF 2nd
Troiséme Année Fondamentale 8 3e AF 3rd
Intermediate Quatriéme Année Fondamentale 9 4e AF 4th
Cinquiéme Année Fondamentale 10 5e AF 5th
Sixiéme Année Fondamentale 11 6e AF 6th
Middle Septiéme Année Fondamentale 12 7e AF 7th
Huitiéme Année Fondamentale 13 8e AF 8th
Neuviéme Année Fondamentale 14 9e AF 9th
Secondary
Seco
nd
e C
lasi
qu
e
(Aca
dem
ic)
Seco
nd
e T
ech
niq
ue
(Te
chn
ical
)
Premiére Année (Technical & Academic) 15 1e 10th
Seconde (Technical)
Seconde Année Rhetorique (Academic)
16 2e 11th
Terminale (Technical)
Troiséme Année Philosophie (Academic)
17 3e 12th
Education in Haiti
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Traditional System
Haiti System
Organizational Phase
Age Haiti
Grade/Year
US Grade Equivalent US Organizational
Equivalent
Etu
de
s P
rim
aire
s
Pre-scolaire 3 - 5 Pré-scol Pre-K
Kindergarten
Pre-School
Early Primary
Preparatoire I 6 Douzième (12e ) 1st Primary
Preparatoire II 7 Onzième (11e) 2nd
Elémentaire I 8 Dixième (10e) 3rd
Elémentaire II 9 Nuevième (9e) 4th Intermediate
Moyen I 10 Huitième (8e) 5th
Moyen II 11 Septième (7e) 6th
Etu
de
s Se
con
dai
res
Secondaire
12 Sixième (6e ) 7th Middle
13 Cinquième (5e ) 8th
14 Quatrième (4e ) 9th
15 Troisième (3e) 10th Secondary
16 Seconde (2e) 11th
17 Premiére (1e) Rhetorique 12th
18 Philosophie Terminale
Grading System in Haiti
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Haiti US
Equivalent
10-Point Scale 20-Point Scale 100-Point
Scale
8.75-10.00 19-20 90-100 Tres Bien
(Excellent)
A
7.5-8.74 17-18 80-89 Bien (Very Good) B
6.25-7.49 14-16 65-79 Assaz Bien
(Good)
C
5.0-6.24 11-12 50-64 Passable (Pass) D
0-4.99 0-10 0-49 Nul/Mal (Poor) F
Admise en = promoted to Retenu =
retained
Education in Honduras Organizational
Phase
Age Honduras
Grade/Year
Honduras
Phase
U.S. Grade
Equivalent
U.S. Organizational
Equivalent
Educación
Pre-Básica
3 Pre-Kinder
Grado 0
Pre-K
4 Pre-K
5 Kindergarten Primary
Educación
Básica
(Compulsory
Education)
6 1o Ciclo 1 1st
7 2o 2nd
8 3o 3rd Intermediate
9 4o Ciclo 2 4th
10 5o 5th
11 6o 6th Middle
12 7o Ciclo 3 7th
13 8o 8th
14 9o 9th Secondary
Educación
Media
15 10o Bachillerato 10th
16 11o 11th
17 12o (optional) 12th
Educación
Superior
18 and above Educación
Superior
Universitario
Post-Secondary/
Higher Education
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Honduras Grading System
Numerical Scale Percentage Scale Grade Description U.S. Grade Equivalent
5 90 - 100 Sobresaliente
(Excellent)
A
4 – 4.9 80 – 89 Muy Bueno
(Very Good)
B
3 – 3.9 60 – 79 Bueno(Good) C
2-2.9 0 – 59 Reprobado/Aplazado
No Satisfactorio (Fail)
F
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Education in Mexico
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Mexico
Organizational Phase
Age Mexico
Grade/Year
U.S. Grade
Equivalent
U.S. Organizational
Equivalent
Preescolar/
Preparatorio
3 Primero
preescolar
Pre-K Pre-School
Preescolar 4 Segundo
preescolar
Pre-K
5 Tercero
preescolar
Kindergarten Primary
Educación Primaria y
Secundaria
(Compulsory
Education)
Primaria 6 1o 1st
7 2o 2nd
8 3o 3rd Intermediate
9 4o 4th
10 5o 5th
11 6o 6th Middle
Secundaria 12 7o 7th
13 8o 8th
14 9o 9th Secondary
Media Superior
Media
Superior
15 10o 10th
16 11o 11th
17 12o 12th
Educación Superior 18 and above Post-Secondary/
Higher Education
Grading System in Mexico
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Mexico U.S. Equivalent
9 – 10 90 – 100 Muy Bien (MB) A (Very Good)
8 80 – 89 Bien (B) B (Good)
6 – 7 60 – 79 Suficiente (S) C (Average Sufficient)
0 – 5 0 – 59 Reprobado (R) F (Fail)
Ideas & Resources
• If students arrive without records:
– Many schools, even rural, maintain Facebook pages or websites with contact information
– Foreign schools are generally cooperative with providing records through fax or mail
– Sometimes a simple phone call can make a big difference for student grade placement
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Ideas & Resources, Continued
If all else fails, try the Embassies/Consulates
• Dominican Republic: – New York Consulate: 212-768-2480 – Washington D.C. Embassy: 202-332-6280
• El Salvador: – New York Consulate: 212-889-3608 – Brentwood Consulate: 631- 273-2430 – Washington D.C. Embassy: 202-595-7500
• Guatemala – New York Consulate: 212-686-3837 – Washington D.C. Embassy: 202-745-4952
• Honduras – New York Consulate: 212-714-9451
212-714-9452 212-714-9086
• Mexico – New York Consulate: 212-217-6400 – Washington D.C. Embassy: 202-728-1600
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Identifying Students with Inconsistent/ Interrupted Formal Education (SIFE)
NYSED defines the SIFE population as those English
Language Learners who:
• have attended schools in the United States (the 50 States and the District of Columbia) for less than twelve months; and
• upon initial enrollment in such schools are two or more years below grade level in literacy in their home language and/or two or more years below grade level in Math due to inconsistent or interrupted schooling prior to arrival in the United States (the 50 States and the District of Columbia).
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Citation: CR Part 154-2.2 (y)
