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In education in the United States, reclassification or reclassing is the assignment of a student's high school (secondary school) graduation class to either a year earlier or later than their original. For young athletes, graduating a year earlier frees them to start their college sports career, with the hope of playing professionally sooner.[1][2] On the other hand, an athlete repeating a grade and delaying graduation is allowed an extra year to mature. In most cases, a student who reclassified to graduate earlier also previously repeated a grade.
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- ^ Evans, Jayda (December 2, 2019). "Should they stay or should they go? Reclassification becoming more common for high-school prospects". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 30, 2022.