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  2. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In primary and secondary schools, a D is usually the lowest passing grade. However, there are some schools that consider a C the lowest passing grade, so the general standard is that anything below a 60% or 70% is failing, depending on the grading scale. In post-secondary schools, such as college and universities, a D is considered to be an ...

  3. How high school grades have inflated since 2010

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    HeyTutor used data from ACT Inc., which administers the eponymous exam, to track how grades in American high schools have inflated since 2010. How high school grades have inflated since 2010 Skip ...

  4. Superintendent calls for overhaul in the A to F grades that ...

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    Last school year, 35% of the state’s schools received a D or F grade. Truitt said the state’s current system over identifies low-performing schools.

  5. Grade inflation - Wikipedia

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    By preventing grade inflation, Albertan high schools have been able to greatly ameliorate the problem of compressing students with different abilities into the same category (i.e. inflating grades so that a student in the 98th percentile, for example, cannot be distinguished from one in the 82nd percentile).

  6. Education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Generally, there are three stages: elementary school (grades K/1–2/3/4/5/6), intermediate school (3/4–5/6), middle school / junior high school (grades 5/6/7–8/9), and high school / senior high school (grades 9/10–12). [108] [dead link ‍] There is variability in the exact arrangement of grades by state, as the following table indicates ...

  7. Grade retention - Wikipedia

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    Grade retention or grade repetition is the process of a student repeating a grade after failing the previous year. In the United States of America , grade retention can be used in kindergarten through to third grade; however, students in high school are usually only retained in the specific failed subject.

  8. Grade skipping - Wikipedia

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    Grade skipping is a form of academic acceleration, [1] often used for academically talented students, that enables the student to skip entirely the curriculum of one or more years of school. Grade skipping allows students to learn at an appropriate level for their cognitive abilities, and is normally seen in schools that group students ...

  9. High school dropouts in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The averaged freshman graduation rate estimates the proportion of public high school freshmen who graduate with a regular diploma four years after starting ninth grade. The rate focuses on public high school students as opposed to all high school students or the general population and is designed to provide an estimate of on-time graduation ...