Grade

How it is used

Students get, receive or earn grades; teachers give or assign them. American schools usually use letter grades (A to F), while British schools often use the word mark for a score. As a verb, grade means to score students' work.

Example sentences

1. He got the highest grade in the class on the final exam.

2. My daughter starts third grade in September.

Common collocations

• get a good grade
• final grade
• letter grade
• grade level
• passing grade

Related terms

• markTo check students' work, show what is right or wrong and give it a score or grade.
• report cardAn official document that a school sends to parents, showing a student's grades, attendance and teachers' comments for a term or semester.
• rubricA scoring guide that lists the criteria for a task and describes what work looks like at each level of quality, so that marking is clear and consistent.
• assessmentThe process of collecting information about what students know and can do, for example through tests, tasks, questions or observation, and judging their progress.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• grade · Oil, Gas & Mining

More terms: Assessment and Grading

• feedback
• formative assessment
• summative assessment
• exam
• standardized test
• diagnostic assessment
• peer assessment
• proctor