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  2. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Some high schools, to reflect the varying skill required for different course levels, will give higher numerical grades for difficult courses, often referred to as a weighted GPA. For example, two common conversion systems used in honors and Advanced Placement courses are: A = 5 or 4.5; B = 4 or 3.5 [5] C = 3 or 2.5; D = 2 or 1.5; F = 0 [19]

  3. Grading systems by country - Wikipedia

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    In the Netherlands, grades from 1.0 up to 10.0 are used, with 1 being worst and 10 being best. One's score is determined by dividing the number of points acquired by the total amount. Then it is multiplied by 9 and one point is added. So if one scores a 58/64 on a test their score is calculated as following: 58 / 64 * 9 + 1 = 9.2.

  4. American students’ reading skills are at their lowest level ...

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    In both cases, the reading scores were lower than in the first year of testing, in 1992. And in the case of eighth-graders, it was the lowest score ever recorded. (Scores were down last year and ...

  5. Worst national reading and math scores in decades show large ...

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    For example, in math, white student scores fell 5 points, Latino scores fell 8 points and Black student scores fell 13 points. In reading, white, Black and Latino students all declined 6 points.

  6. List of United States Military Academy top-ranking graduates

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    All USMA cadets are rated each year; and get a final rating when they graduate. The cadet with the highest class rank is the one that has the best combination of score, academic standing, additional merits and demerits. The United States Military Academy opened in 1802; [1] [2] the initial class having just two cadets. The academy started the ...

  7. SC has among worst school systems in US, new ranking shows ...

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    41 st – Math Test Scores. 39 th – Reading Test Scores. 25 th – Pupil-Teacher Ratio. 40 th – Median SAT Score. 47 th – Median ACT Score. 42 nd – Dropout Rate. 33 rd – Bullying ...

  8. Grade inflation - Wikipedia

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    Washington and Lee had an average GPA of 3.27 in 2006 and Swarthmore's graduates had a mean GPA of 3.24 in 1997. [35] To clarify the grades on its graduates' transcripts, Reed College includes a card, the current edition of which reports that "The average GPA for all students in 2013–14 was 3.15 on a 4.00 scale. This figure has increased by ...

  9. Grading in education - Wikipedia

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    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).