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  2. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The twelve-point system differs from the above only in using the grade A+, to which the value 12.0 is applied. The 1-2-3-4 system Some school districts use a 1-2-3-4 rating system for grades at the elementary (K–5) level, notably many California school districts including The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) which switched with the ...

  3. Grade inflation - Wikipedia

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    In 100 level Math for the year 2006/07, the grade distribution of 11,042 assigned grades was: 31.9% A, 22.0% B, 18%C, 16.3% D, 11.8% F. In 400 level Fine Arts courses for 2006/07, the distribution of 50 assigned grades was: 100% A. [ 51 ] In relation to increased scores in first-year mathematics, there was no evidence of better preparedness of ...

  4. General Schedule (US civil service pay scale) - Wikipedia

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    The traditional "entry level" grade within DCAA is the GS-7 level (some employees come in either at the lower GS-5 level or higher GS-9 or GS-11 levels) and the "career ladder" is GS-7 to GS-9 to GS-11 and finally to GS-12, with the employee expected to advance between grades after one year and if hired as a GS-7, to reach the GS-12 level after ...

  5. List of countries by social welfare spending - Wikipedia

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    These tables are lists of social welfare spending as a percentage of GDP compiled by ... 18.4 12 Portugal: 22.6 24.1 ... 21.9 15 Slovenia: 21.2 22.8 23.4 21.4 22.4 16 ...

  6. List of countries by government debt - Wikipedia

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    [1]: 18, s2.58, s2.59 To make the numbers comparable across countries of different size, government debt is measured as a percentage of a country's gross domestic product (GDP). For context on the magnitude of the debt numbers, European Union member countries have an agreement, the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP), to maintain a general ...

  7. 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).

  8. Academic grading in France - Wikipedia

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    Often, an average grade of 7-8 in Preparatory Class for 'Grandes Écoles' (CPGE) can be considered as a satisfactory grade if the best grade in the class is only a 12. [ 11 ] On the diplôme national du brevet , awarded for passing the 10th year exam (9th grade), and also on University of Paris, Sorbonne transcripts, scores above 12 on the ...

  9. 14.5 × 114 mm - Wikipedia

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    The 14.5×114mm (.57 calibre) is a heavy machine gun and anti-materiel rifle cartridge used by the Soviet Union, the former Warsaw Pact, modern Russia, and other countries.. It was originally developed for the PTRS and PTRD anti-tank rifles, and was later used as the basis for the KPV heavy machine gun that formed the basis of the ZPU series anti-aircraft guns that is also the main armament of ...