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Additionally, most schools calculate a student's grade point average (GPA) by assigning each letter grade a number and averaging those numerical values. Generally, American schools equate an A with a numerical value of 4.0. Most graduate schools require a 3.0 (B) average to take a degree, with C or C− being the lowest grade for course credit.
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).
In South Africa, the grading system used in secondary schools until 2008 (when the education minister implemented Outcomes Based Education or OBE curriculum) was as follows:
While most courses at De La Salle University-Manila maintain the above table for a passing grade of 60%, there are some courses where the passing grade can also be 50%, 55%, 65%, or 70%, in which the grade point equivalences would vary. De La Salle University-Dasmariñas Grade Point System [12]
GPA above or equal to 3 is equal to 1st Class in honors degree in Bangladesh. This means: ... 55% to less than 60%: B-(B Minus) 2.75 50% to less than 55%: C+ (C Plus)
Certificate grades are either rounded to integers or half-integers. After having rounded the individual grades, a weighted mean is used to calculate the overall result. The weight of a grade is normally proportional to the number of hours the according subject was taught per week.
Harvard Law School – The current grading system of dean's scholar, honors, pass, low pass, and fail had at one time a recommended curve of 37% honors, 55% pass, and 8% low pass in classes with over 30 JD and LLM students. [132] Between 1970 and 2008 Harvard established a GPA cut-off required in order to obtain the summa cum laude distinction.
0–55% A student's average for all subjects is calculated to two decimal places (e.g. 9.54). In practice, the mark of 10 is seldom given as it implies the perfection, which hardly ever characterizes a student's or indeed a lecturer's work.