Grade skipping

Grade skipping is a form of academic acceleration, often used for gifted/talented students, that involves the student entirely skipping the curriculum of one year of school. This is done when a student is sufficiently advanced in all school subjects that he or she can move forward two grades at the end of the year instead of one. Often, students will learn all the material from the grade they are preparing to skip during the summer before in order to be prepared. Grade skipping allows for students to learn at a level appropriate for their academic abilities and helps students do better in school when they are learning about more things they didn't already know. However, some students have difficulty adapting to the social aspects of the higher grade because, although they are academically advanced, that does not mean that they are equally socially mature.