Academic grading in Portugal
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In Portuguese middle-schools, a five-point grading scale is used, where:
- 5 (very good or excellent) is the best possible grade (90-100%),
- 4 (good) (70-89%),
- 3 (satisfactory) indicates "average" performance (50-69%),
- 2 (unsatisfactory) (20-49%),
- 1 (poor) is the lowest possible grade (0-19%).
In high-schools and universities, a 20-point grading scale is used. When it is the case of the final grade of an academic degree, each grade is assigned a qualitative mark by degree (depending on the university, the students have at most a final grade of 16 or 17, being almost impossible for students to have a final score between 18-20): [1]
| Grade | Qualification |
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| 20 ⋮ 17.5 | Excellent |
| 17.4 ⋮ 15.5 | Very good |
| 15.4 ⋮ 13.5 | Good |
| 13.4 ⋮ 9.5 | Sufficient |
| 9.4 ⋮ 3.5 | Weak |
| 3.4 ⋮ 0 | Poor |
References
- ^ "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.
