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Germany uses a 6-point grading scale (GPA) to evaluate academic performance for the youngest to the oldest students. Grades vary from 1 to 6. In the final classes of German Gymnasium schools that prepare for university studies, a point system is used with 15 points being the best grade and 0 points the worst. The percentage causes the grade can vary from teacher to teacher.
There are two grading systems used in Italy:
Academic grading in Mexico employs a decimal system, from 0 to 10, to measure the students' scores. The grades are:
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The Russian Federation uses a five-point academic grading system, where:
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Academic grading in Croatia is regulated by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports.
Since 1890, the French baccalauréat exam, required to receive a high school diploma, has traditionally scored students on a scale (Barème) of 0-20, as do most secondary school and university classes. Although the traditional scale stops at 20/20, French baccalauréat results can be higher than 20/20 due to supplementary "options". French universities traditionally grade in a stricter way than secondary schools, which means that students are unlikely to receive marks as high as they did in secondary school. Famously, in Preparatory Class for 'Grandes Écoles' (CPGE), an optional 2-4 year preparation for the most elite universities in France, students are graded so harshly that class ranking, rather than individual grades, usually reflects an individual's performance, especially when comparing the grades to secondary or university grades. 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.
There are four grading systems in Greece – four different GPA – one for higher education, one for secondary education, and two for primary education.
Serbia inherited the academic grading system of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The grading process uses an absolute achievement scale to determine the grade of a student.
Slovenia inherited the academic grading system of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. A five-point grading scale is used in primary and secondary schools:
Elementary, high schools, and vocational schools Spain uses a 10-point grading scale for elementary and high schools:
This article is about the grades that are used in Sweden.
In Switzerland, usually a 6-point grading scale, where 6 represents the highest grade and 1 the lowest possible one.
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- ↑ "Decreto-Lei n.o 42/2005 de 22 de Fevereiro" (PDF). Diário da República Eletrónico (in Portuguese). 22 February 2005. p. 1494. Retrieved 21 July 2015.