Over the past few years, we’ve seen signs that our elementary and secondary school students are doing better.

过去的几年里，我们看到中小学生学的更好了。

" This is horrible, " wrote Olympia Stroud, a program coordinator at the Massachusetts department of elementary and secondary education (DESE).

“这太可怕了，”马萨诸塞州中小学教育局(DESE)的项目协调员奥林匹亚·斯特劳德(Olympia Stroud)写道。

Usually we use this expression when talking about elementary and secondary schools – that is to say, grade schools and high schools.

通常我们在谈论小学和中学时使用这个表达 - 也就是说，小学和高中。