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  2. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Below is the grading system found to be most commonly used in United States public high schools, according to the 2009 High School Transcript Study. [2] This is the most used grading system; however, there are some schools that use an edited version of the college system, which means 89.5 or above becomes an A average, 79.5 becomes a B, and so on.

  3. Grading in education - Wikipedia

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    GPA is calculated by using the number of grade points a student earns in a given period of time. A GPA is often calculated for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students. A cumulative grade point average (CGPA) is the average of all the GPAs a student has achieved during their time at the institution. [3]

  4. High school in the United States - Wikipedia

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    College entry is controlled by many factors including Grade Point Average (GPA), and an elective SAT or ACT exam run by two non-profit organizations: the College Board and the ACT, respectively. Smaller schools can educate fewer than 200 pupils in total, while some teach over 4,000 at any given time.

  5. Why valedictorians rarely become rich and famous — and the ...

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    Nearly everyone graduated from college, where their average GPA was 3.6; the majority went on to earn a graduate degree; and nearly half landed in top-tier professional jobs. So far, so expected.

  6. Grading systems by country - Wikipedia

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    For the French National High School Level (baccalauréat), a grade of 8–10 typically gives the right to take an additional oral exam in order to try to improve that average to 10 and pass. A grade between 10 and 12 is a simple pass (without grade); between 12 and 14 (more rarely 13–14) the grade is called "assez bien" (rather good); 14–16 ...

  7. 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.

  8. List of U.S. states and territories by educational attainment

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    The survey does not measure graduation rates from different educational institutions, but instead, it measures the percentage of adult residents with a high school diploma. [ 4 ] Overall, 90.3% of Americans over the age of 25 had graduated from high school in 2021, with the highest level found in the state of Massachusetts at 96.1% and the ...

  9. Former Harvard president Larry Summers slams Ivy League ... - AOL

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    About one in five students from Harvard’s graduating class of 2024 reported having a nearly perfect GPA, rounding to 4.0, according to the Harvard Crimson. Nearly 80% had an average GPA of 3.7 ...