Academic Grading In Sweden
In the Swedish grundskola (primary/elementary and secondary/high school, officially called "compulsory school" by Skolverket), students are currently (December 2012) graded from the sixth grade and onward. The students can be graded:
- A - Exemplary
- B - Excellent
- C - Good
- D - Adequate
- E - Acceptable
- F - Fail, not passed
A reform was taken into full effect on the beginning of the semester in 2011 which had have students graded from the sixth grade, and the grade is more similar to the system of the upper secondary school (gymnasium), with grades F-A. According to Skolverket, the change is due to a lot of students (~10 %) failing in courses in Swedish, Swedish as a second language, English or mathematics in the 9th year.
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