Note that because of diversity issues the US is moving away from any form of levels (called tracking). The problem they had was that the advanced / AP / pre-med

Note that because of diversity issues the US is moving away from any form of levels (called tracking). The problem they had was that the advanced / AP / pre-med / doctor levels etc had over-reps in white / asian. The push in the US is for more group work, less tracking so that all students including various racial groups that have historically not done as well can move together through system. Europe had tracks for things like trade schools / skill based schools and other programs - US is very focused on academics / college / university etc.