[エスカレーターがっこう(エスカレーター学校);エスカレータがっこう(エスカレータ学校), esukare-ta-gakkou ( esukare-ta-gakkou ); esukare-ta gakkou ( esukare-ta gakkou )](n) (col) (See エスカレーター校) private school that allows students to advance from one stage of education to the next, often kindergarten to university, without taking entrance exams en route; "escalator school"[Add to Longdo]