a letter or number that shows how well a student has done► grade a letter that is put on a student's work or on an exam to show how good or bad it is: · I wasn't very happy with the grade on my essay.· Class participation is a quarter of your final grade.good/bad grade: · I need a really good grade on the final exam to pass the class.get a grade: · If he gets good enough grades, he'll get a scholarship to Michigan State.
► mark especially British the number or letter that is put on a student's work to show how good or bad it is: · His mark on the last test gave him a final average of 88%.get a mark: · "What mark did you get?" "B."good/high mark: · She came out with the second highest marks in the class.bad/low/poor mark: · You have to do the course again if you get low marks.get full marks (=get the highest possible marks): · I got full marks in the history test.
► score American a number which shows how well or badly a student has done in an examination, especially an important exam given to a lot of students: high/low score: · Students at King elementary generally have the highest test scores in the city.score on: · Scores on standardized tests have been steadily falling over the past ten years.
► results British all the marks that a student gets in a set of tests or examinations, that show whether he or she has been successful or not: · The school's "GCSE" results had been much better the previous year.get good results: · Ceri got better results than she expected.exam results: · David had appaling exam results at school despite his obvious intelligence.
► grade point average/GPA American the average score that a student earns based on all their grades. Usually an A is 4 points, a B is 3 , a C is 2, and a D is 1, and an F is 0: · To be on the honor roll, students must have a GPA of at least 3.5.
(grade point average) the average of a student’s marks over a period of time in the US education system