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by zanny 4728 days ago
US doesn't see middle / high as "secondary" school. Secondary school is college. Primary school is just the K-12 process because it is continuous with no breaks in between, besides maybe the divide between one year being led around hallways by a teacher and next going room to room on your own.
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> US doesn't see middle / high as "secondary" school.

Yes, it does. [1]

> Secondary school is college.

No, secondary school is either equivalent to "high school" or equivalent to "middle and high school". [2] College is "post-secondary school". [3]

[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_school#United_States

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_school#United_States

[3] e.g., http://www.cpec.ca.gov/SecondPages/CommissionHistory.asp