Grading is based on a standard scale: 100-90% - A - Exceeding 4th Grade Standards. 89-80% - B - Above 4th Grade Standards. 79 - 70% - C - Meeting 4th Grade Standards.
A letter grade of a D is technically considered passing because it not a failure. A D is any percentage between 60-69%, whereas a failure occurs below 60%.
C - this is a grade that rests right in the middle. C is anywhere between 70% and 79% D - this is still a passing grade, and it's between 59% and 69% F - this is a failing grade.
The normal grading range is from 55 to 100. The number grades correspond to letter grades as reflected in the chart below. The minimum passing grade is 70 (C). Any grades between 55 and 69 (D and F) are considered failing grades for which unit credit is not earned.
First-Class Honours (70% and above): a first class degree, usually referred to as a 'first' or 1st, is the highest honours degree you can achieve. Upper Second-Class Honours (60-70%): there are two levels of second class degree.
Depending on the grading scale of a college or university, anything below 70% is considered failed. However, there are colleges and universities that have different standards and designate grades below 60% as failing.
It's difficult to say whether the British education system is harder than the American education system because both systems have their own unique challenges and strengths. In the UK, there is a strong emphasis on independent learning and critical thinking, with a heavier focus on exams and a more narrow subject focus.
In the standard US teaching arrangement, about 70 points out of 100 means a satisfactory grade – less than that is failing. A similar proportion works well outside the academic world: e.g., at Google, if you have fulfilled 70% of your annual goals, this is considered to be a satisfactory performance.
Grade 9 was deliberately set at being higher than the previous A*, so fewer people should get 9 than would have got an A*. 8 is higher than an A but perhaps ever so slightly lower than an A*. But the new numerical scheme comes along amongst a raft of changes to GCSE structure, examinations and marking criteria.
A failing grade is usually not the same as a zero, unless you have been told that all failing grades (Often 60 or 65% or lower) will be counted as zeros.
your final overall mark is less than or equal to 0.5% below the higher classification (for example, a final overall mark between 69.5% – 69.9% would become a First)
60 is right on the borderline and for some schools it is failing. Some colleges require a 70 percent or a 65 percent though some schools work on a ten point letter grade scale meaning a D would be 60–69; a C 70–79, a B 80–89 and an A above 90. However check with your particular school.
Each letter grade is 10 points — an A is 90-100, a B is 80- 89, a C is 70-79, and a D is 60-69 — but the scale's one failing grade, an F, spans not 10 points, but 60 (0 to 59).
A Levels are graded on a scale from A* to E, with A* being the highest grade and E being the lowest passing grade. Therefore, any grade from A* to E is considered a pass at A Level.
