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where = German grade, = best possible score in foreign country's grading system, = lowest passing score in foreign grading system and = obtained foreign grade (to be converted into German grade). The resulting value is rounded to the next German grade (e.g. 1.6 is rounded to the German grade 1.7 and 2.4 is rounded to 2.3).
The following tables use the German grading system. 1 is the best grade, and 6 is the worst. Former Yugoslavian students will be considered as one group in the following tables; however differences exists between different ethnic groups from former Yugoslavia when it come to educational attainment. Academic grades differed by ethnic groups:
Moreover, 4.0 is a passing grade in Germany, meaning you can graduate with a 4.0 German GPA, whereas 2.0 is the threshold in America (the German equivalent would be 3.0 according to the table). This alone should be a reason why this is highly inaccurate.
From the 10th grade onwards, including tertiary education, a 20-point grading scale is used, with 10 passing grades and 10 failing grades, with 20 being the highest grade possible and 9.5, rounded upwards to 10, the minimum grade for passing. This 20-point system is used both for test scores and grades.
The ECTS grading scale is a grading system for higher education institutions defined in the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) framework by the European Commission. Since many grading systems co-exist in Europe and, considering that interpretation of grades varies considerably from one country to another, if not from one ...
Grading in education is the application of standardized measurements to evaluate different levels of student achievement in a course. Grades can be expressed as letters (usually A to F), as a range (for example, 1 to 6), percentages, or as numbers out of a possible total (often out of 100).
Below is the grading system found to be most commonly used in United States public high schools, according to the 2009 High School Transcript Study. [2] This is the most used grading system; however, there are some schools that use an edited version of the college system, which means 89.5 or above becomes an A average, 79.5 becomes a B, and so on.
German gymnasium grade system Grades by education: Descriptor: Equivalent: Grading: Abitur grade: US system (approximately) [i]) UK system (approximately) [i] [9] 15 points 1.0 "sehr gut" (very good: an outstanding achievement) A [10] A* 14 points 13 points 1.3 A 12 points 1.7 "gut" (good: an achievement substantially above average requirements ...